homie
nounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhəʊ.mi//
- United States//ˈhoʊ.mi//
Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
noun
- 1
Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
- 2
A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
Hey there, Francis, my homie!
- 3
An inner-city youth.
Etymology
Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.
noun
- 1
Variant of omiAlternative spelling of omi (“man”).
As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.
Forms
- plural
- homies
homie · Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
homing · That self-adjusts its trajectory to home in on a target; (of…homo · Of or pertaining to homosexuality.homosexual · Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same…