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homie

or hom·ey

[hoh-mee]
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noun Slang.

a homeboy or homegirl.

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Origin of homie

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening and alteration
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Examples from the Web for homie

Contemporary Examples of homie

  • Because I kinda look at him as my friend, or at least my homie.

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    "My Man"

    Touré

    January 20, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for homie

homie

noun

slang, mainly US short for homeboy or homegirlSee homeboy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for homie
n.

also homey, by 1970s, slang, short for homeboy (q.v.). The identical word is recorded from the 1920s in New Zealand slang in the sense "recently arrived British immigrant."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper