Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A homeboy or homegirl.

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  • noun slang A friend; somebody one often hangs out with.

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Examples

  • You may recall that Tay Tay was featured in the pages of GQ last October but that appearance was just a small fashion editorial feature on fitted shirts (tho, we did get to see a bunch of hawt pics) … this time, homie is on the cover!

    Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Taylor Lautner Does ‘GQ’ Magazine . . . Again 2010

  • Years ago, apparently before he attended UCI, he had told his "homie" he liked men but his friends had beaten him up as a result, trying, he recalled, to beat the gayness out of him.

    UC Student Regent Comes Out In Wake Of Gay Suicides Leah Finnegan 2010

  • Years ago, apparently before he attended UCI, he had told his "homie" he liked men but his friends had beaten him up as a result, trying, he recalled, to beat the gayness out of him.

    UC Student Regent Comes Out In Wake Of Gay Suicides The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • I'm not really a Godspell fan (yet) but my "homie" Josh Henrey was supposed to be in it and left In the Heights to do it.

    clashpunk Diary Entry clashpunk 2008

  • BREAK! also, calling my roomate "homie" & having him laugh & show me funny parts of the apartment that we forgot we'd broken. oh, also, we have an ironing board for a kitchen table! aw, snap. this is what my roomate says: "its, uh...pumpkin king! oh wait! its the royal tenebaums! even better!"

    mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2003

  • "All these security alerts are basically anti-social behaviour and shows that republican dissidents are much more like their" homie "friends in Brixton than their apologists would have us believe."

    Slugger O'Toole Pete Baker 2010

  • "All these security alerts are basically anti-social behaviour and shows that republican dissidents are much more like their" homie "friends in Brixton than their apologists would have us believe."

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • "All these security alerts are basically anti-social behaviour and shows that republican dissidents are much more like their" homie "friends in Brixton than their apologists would have us believe."

    Slugger O'Toole Belfast Gonzo 2010

  • "All these security alerts are basically anti-social behaviour and shows that republican dissidents are much more like their" homie "friends in Brixton than their apologists would have us believe."

    Slugger O'Toole Mick Fealty 2010

  • "All these security alerts are basically anti-social behaviour and shows that republican dissidents are much more like their" homie "friends in Brixton than their apologists would have us believe."

    Slugger O'Toole Mick Fealty 2010

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