| 释义 |
homie, n. slang (orig. and chiefly in African-American use).
Brit. |ˈhəʊmi|, U.S. |ˈhoʊmi|
Plural homeys, homies, homiez
Forms: 19– homeie, 19– homey, 19– homie; Also with capital initial.
[‹ home n.1 + -y suffix6; in later use frequently after home- in home boy n., homegirl n.]
A person from one's home town or neighbourhood; a member of one's peer group or gang; a homeboy or homegirl. In later use also: a member of the hip-hop subculture. Also as a form of address.
Since the early 1980s the term has become particularly strongly associated in the United States and the United Kingdom with the hip-hop subculture.
1929Pittsburgh Courier 25 June ii. 5/6 Pittsburghers love basketball—I believe in my ‘homies’, and if intensely interesting tilts are arranged we believe they'll turn out. 1937N.Y. Amsterdam News 25 Sept. 10/1 Hello homies! And g'bye now, students! 1976R. E. Chinn Dig Nigger Up 60 Now and then I would see and talk to a homie. 1985Los Angeles Times 21 Apr. 1/1 Then one of them screamed, ‘Homie, he ain't got a gun.’ 1991Source Dec. 27/1, I still have all the people around me that I've been around since the beginning. I'm proud to still have my original homeys' camaraderie and respect. 1993Picture (Sydney) 21 July 5/2 Most Homies have that natural girl-next-door look which most guys like. 1999Independent (Electronic ed.) 13 Apr. A woollen-hatted homie shares his soap with a stranger. |