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homeboy

nompronomattesté dans les dialogues

  • États-Unis//ˈhoʊm.bɔɪ//

Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown.

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  1. 1

    Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown.

    When the boy next door; Don't want to be my homeboy no more; Saw something that I never saw before; I think he wants to be my baby

  2. 2

    A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

  3. 3

    A person.

Étymologie

20th-century African-American urban slang. Originated from travelers to metropolitan areas derived from American English as a blend of hometown + boy. However, modern use is mostly by African-Americans and Latinos in the United States.

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  1. 1

    argotHe or him.

    (1:38) If homeboy’s coming through with these, it’s quiet. Yeah no, it’s quiet for him. But, like, if he comes through with, y’know, these; you got some air maxes out here, you got some Jordans. Homeboy’s gonna, like, get it.

    Homeboy rafikied a peacock with a squeegee.

    He's talking about the jumpscare warnings in Dead Space. The ones you can turn off. Homeboy takes gaming way too fucking seriously.

    He hit homeboy in his junk

Formes

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