homeboy

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a guy;

a male friend

Collocates chill³, block², what's up², beef², crack², yo², Benz, biatch, Caddy, Califas, celly, chrome, clique up, clip, club, cold, crazy, crew, dope, 5-0, fly, front, fugazi, game, go hard, holla at, Hollis, hood, I'mma, keep it real, keyed, kick, lac, loc, Oaktown, peace out, Phantom, puff, raza, ride, shout-out, simp, sit on, skunk, spark, spray up, street, stripes, stunt, sweat, thug, time, turn it out, underground, weed, fed, thugged-out, it's on, tryna, bid, Clinton, peeps, baby mama, hyna, around the way, Audi 5000, B.I.

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1960s

Synonyms B, crew, dog, fam, G, god, homie, loc, mayne, son, wodie

Related words homegirl

Timeline

1981 Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 "Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)" [Jazzy Sensation]
The homeboys in the house
1984-03-27 Run-D.M.C. "It's Like That" [Run-D.M.C.]
So listen up, homeboy, give this a thought
1984-03-27 Run-D.M.C. "Rock Box" [Run-D.M.C.]
Fly girls in the place, homeboys, Hollis crew

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