homie
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmi/
- Rhymes: -əʊmi
Etymology 1
editEarliest known reference is in the 1946 tune by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, "The House of Blue Lights," when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.
Alternative forms
editNoun
edithomie (plural homies)
- (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
- (African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
- Hey there, Francis, my homie!
- Yo, homie!
- (African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth.
Synonyms
edit- (friend): homeboy, homeskillet, nigga (African American Vernacular English)
- (friend): See Thesaurus:friend
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita friend; somebody one often hangs out with
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Etymology 2
editVariant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men) omi (“man, bloke”).
Noun
edithomie (plural homies)
- (Polari) Alternative spelling of omi (“man”)
- 1977, Rictor Norton, quoting Peter Burton, The Gentle Art of Confounding Naffs, quoted in Myth of the Modern Homosexual, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN, page 115:
- 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.
Synonyms
edit- (man): See Thesaurus:man
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