homeboy
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home·boy
(hōm'boi') 
n. Slang
n. Slang
- A male friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown.
- A fellow male gang member.
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noun
noun, orig and mainly US
A person from one's home town (orig African-American ); hence, a friend, peer; a member of one's own gang or set. More generally, a member of a teenage gang, a street kid. Similarly homegirl. (1934 —) .
Face He's... cultivated a market in accessories for the Jags and Mercedes of the flashiest homeboys (1989).
[Cf. the earlier senses, boy fond of staying at home, and one brought up in an orphanage or similar institution.]
noun, orig and mainly US
A person from one's home town (
Face He's... cultivated a market in accessories for the Jags and Mercedes of the flashiest homeboys (1989).
[Cf. the earlier senses, boy fond of staying at home, and one brought up in an orphanage or similar institution.]
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| homer, homework, homey |
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Homeboy(s) or Homeboyz may refer to:
- Homie or "homeboy", a slang term
In film and television:
- Home Boy, a Philippine TV talk show
- Homeboy (film), a 1988 film starring Mickey Rourke
- Homeboys of Oz, a fictional gang in the TV series Oz
- Sold (TV series), a British television series, produced under the working title Homeboys
In literature:
- Homeboyz, a novel by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
- Home Boy, a novel by H. M. Naqvi
- Homeboy, a novel by Seth Morgan (novelist)
In music:
- "Homeboy" (Eric Church song)
- Homeboys (Adam Again album), an album by band Adam Again
- "Homeboy", a song by Adorable (band)
- "Homeboy", a song by JoJo from JoJo (album)
In sports:
- Home Boy FC, an Honduran football (soccer) club
- Homeboyz RFC, a Kenyan Rugby Union club
In other uses:
- Homeboy Industries, a youth program to assist gang members
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