homegirl
Americannoun
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homegirls
plural
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a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
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a close female friend or fellow female gang member.
Usage
What does homegirl mean? Homegirl is a slang term for a close female friend. It can refer to a girl or a woman. The word homeboy is used in the same way to refer to a close male friend. Shortened, gender-neutral versions of these terms include homie and homey, which are perhaps even more commonly used. All of these terms can be used to refer to a friend, as in This is my homegirl Denise, or as a term of address for one, as in Hey, homegirl! These terms are all associated with urban and hip hop culture and are primarily used by members of African American and Latinx communities in the U. S. They commonly refer to a close friend who’s from the same neighborhood. In some cases, the words are used to refer to a fellow gang member. However, the terms have entered mainstream use and usually simply refer to a close friend. Homegirl is frequently used with a possessive pronoun, as in my homegirl. Example: I’m having a night out with just me and my homegirls.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of homegirl
Example Sentences
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“I feel like she’s my homegirl, my sister. I love that about her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
I grew up in a very religious household; my grandmother was all the way Jesus’ homegirl.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Joiner, who is black, said, “my homegirl took the pic” of the couple, which Joiner later posted on Instagram, “cause I was too in awe of the situation.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2019
Make it clear that homegirl is welcome in your home as long as she—and your son—respect the rules that you’ve made for her presence.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2019
And then the third Crab manages a sharp grounder, but shortstop Khyler scoops it up and fires it to Laury at first base before homegirl can get there.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
“It’s a constant fight of belonging and really having your girlfriends or your homegirls or my mom and my sister. I complain to them every day about something that’s going on at work,” Wallace said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
The bars that she’s saying is just like how my homegirls would talk back home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
And, oddly enough — and so beautiful — they’re in some of these really dense archives at the Getty, just merrymaking, hanging out with their homegirls and Duke Ellington.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
That kind of body confidence from a dark-skinned, “thick” Black woman, with a round posterior that all my homegirls and I, straight and gay alike, admire, is hard won.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2015
I could hear Jazz talking on the phone in her bedroom, probably to one of her homegirls.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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