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- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Path: sparky!uunet!coplex!disk!tony
- From: tony@disk.uucp (tony)
- Subject: What is a "Homie" or a "Homeboy" ???
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.030832.3510@disk.uucp>
- Summary: Want to know the source of the words "Homie" and "Homeboy."
- Keywords: slang, jargon, homie, homeboy, definition_wanted
- Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:08:32 GMT
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- For the past year or two I have heard the words "homie" (homey,
- homeie?) and "homeboy" on television, in conversations of others, and I have
- read grafitti that contains that word. What does it mean? Is it deroggatory
- or should it be considered a complement?
- I don't watch much t.v., so I'm counting on some worldly netter to
- cue me in. Thanks!
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- -=- Tony Safina -=- disk!tony@uunet.UU.NET -=-
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