homeboy

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 6:03 a.m.

a guy;

a male friend

Categories Terms Of Address

Collocates yo⁴, chill³, block², what's up², beef², baby mama², hyna², Califas, celly, chrome, chronic, clique up, cold, crack, crew, dank, dope, fiend, fly, front, fugazi, game, go hard, Hollis, hood, keep it real, keyed, ki, kick, lac, loc, Oaktown, on the cut, on the daily, peace out, puff, raza, represent, rhyme, ride, ride, rims, rope, shout-out, simp, sit on, skanless, skunk, snatch, spark, spray up, steady, street, stripes, thug, time, turn it out, underground, what's crackin', Caddy, I'mma, Phantom, stunt, club, 5-0, floss, crazy, front, front on, holla at, sweat, weed, clip, around the way, Audi 5000, ayo, B.I., Benz, biatch

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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