homeboy

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhoʊm.bɔɪ/ (US)

Definition of homeboy

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial)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”
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noun

  1. (colloquial)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. (colloquial)A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
  3. (colloquial)A person.

pron

  1. (masculine, nominative, objective, singular, slang, third-person)He 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”
    “Should’ve listen to homeboy”

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Etymology

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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