The book is a challenging read, dense with every kind of street jargon and slang, and a messy trawl through the underbelly of sleazy urban life in the seventies. Common slang terms as in every part of the world, americans have developed certain oddities or slang terms in their everyday language. When traveling in spanish speaking countries, one of the best ways to befriend a native spanish speaker is to have some knowledge of their local slang, which is why today were going to teach you the very best mexican slang of course, its a good idea to first know some basic spanish words, or even better, learn the most common spanish phrases for traveling. Social security administration public data, the first name homeboy was not present. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. What is the origin of the slang term book meaning leave or hurry. What is the origin of the slang term book meaning leave. Synonyms for homeboy at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Definition and synonyms of homeboy from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Homie definition and meaning collins english dictionary. With many variants compare homebuddy, homeslice, both 1980s, with meaning shading toward good friend.
Comes from the acronym bffl meaning best friends for life. Worth it though and written with great pace and verve. Its kinda got a negative connotation, as in trying too hard or. Homeboy definition for englishlanguage learners from. A country living boys brother left their small town farm to live in a. From predictive software used in cell phone text messaging. The term refers to friendscompanions living in the same neigborhood as eachother. Homeboy definition is a boy or man from ones neighborhood, hometown, or region. Homeboys synonyms, homeboys pronunciation, homeboys translation, english dictionary definition of homeboys. Homeboy definition of homeboy by the free dictionary. Sometimes lots of times, there would be anonymous postings. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
Its hard to have more than one, because theyre one in a million. A couple of references associate book it meaning to move fast with book it meaning to study or hit the books. The general concensus is that it originated from african slaves in america, but i have heard opposing theories. Paperback rap fans and word lovers can enjoy this alphabetized collection of todays most current terms used in the poetry of the streets. Homeboy dictionary definition homeboy defined yourdictionary. A male friend or acquaintance from ones neighborhood or hometown. A dictionary of slang h slang and colloquialisms of the uk. Thirdly, check out two books written by our slang dictionary editor daniel white. Look brah, you need to check yo homeboy bfore i check him. He is a very sad loss to journalism and the book world. Ive thought, after looking, that perhaps the phrase homeboy could be seen as derogatory as the definition could be either.
Homeboy definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Regardless of how long you have studied english, you will hear and see words with which you are not familiar. A long document stored as data that is or will become a book. Find 182 synonyms for homeboy and other similar words that you can use instead based on 2 separate contexts from our thesaurus. Definition of homeboy written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels. The first citation in the historical dictionary of american slang is from 1974. Originally used among transplanted africanamericans with southern roots to refer to and aid in the assimilation of someone who might have. Homeboy meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Homeboys definition of homeboys by the free dictionary. Homeboys of oz, a fictional gang in the tv series oz.
Homebound definition of homebound by medical dictionary. The book would get passed around from person to person. Information about homeboy in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. I recently purchased a cool tshirt for the 08 election with the phrase barack is my homeboy on the front of the shirt. Definition of home boy the online slang dictionary. Listed below are some of the most common slang terms used in. I was wondering if anyone could give me an origin of the term homeboy in english.
Heres a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title homeboy. A a fellow male member of a youth gang or b a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown. Homeboy slang the oed gives one definition of homeboy to be.
My homeboy, santiago, will take care of you just tell him i sent you. Homeboy definition and meaning collins english dictionary. It was much like the cyber bullying of today sans the internet. Proper usage and audio pronunciation of the word homeboy. Change your default dictionary to american english.
From ace to base, buddah to zooted, this book not only provides definitions, but offers examples and sources. The slang book was notorious for creating fights, contention, and all out discord in many junior high schools and middle schools in the area where i grew up. Jada plinkett smith turned it into an insult in woo 1998. When a girl calls a guy homeboy, what does she mean. Originally used among transplanted africanamericans with southern roots to refer to and aid in the assimilation of someone who might have directly migrated from a common southern home town or is otherwise well known to the person using the term. Sold tv series, a british television series, produced under the working title homeboys. Used to establish a mutual relationship between the invidividual using the term, the person described by it, and a third person. Recent examples on the web the pairs proximity to skid row in the heyday of s. You were too bad for a little square town with your hiphop hat and your pants on the ground heard you cussed out momma, pushed daddy around. The term homeboy derrives from homie, and each of those terms have been shortened down overtime as homes, or sometimes spelled holmes. The concise new partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional english 2014. I came to this book via some old history regarding janis joplin mr morgan was her fiance at the time of her death. Omeepalone homegirl noun a very close female friend, usually from the same neighbourhood, gang or faction of a gang. A homeboy is a boy or man from the same area as you, especially one from the same social.