homie

Meaning

Noun

• Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
• A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
• An inner-city youth.
• A boyfriend or partner of a closeted man, used along with "Lil," to mean a bottom and "Big," to mean a top.
• Alternate spelling of omi

Related

Similar words

• homeboy, nigga

Origin

• Earliest 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.
• Variant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men) omi.