2007-05-24 04:19:03 · 12 answers · asked by Antonio 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Valentine's Day
It's friend (male) in gangster language... (and homegirl as well) like someone who comes from your side (friendship side).
2007-05-24 07:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by pink_h_moon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A close friend from a gang, your home area.
The following definition was from an on line etymological dictionary, referenced below.
homeboy
"person from one's hometown," 1940s, Amer.Eng., black slang, also originally with overtones of "simpleton." With many variants (cf. homebuddy, homeslice, both 1980s, with meaning shading toward "good friend"). The word had been used by Ruskin (1886) with the sense "stay-at-home male," and it was Canadian slang for "boy brought up in an orphanage or other institution" (1913). Short form homie attested by 1970s; in New Zealand slang this meant "English or British immigrant" (1927).
An alternative answer would be -
Main Entry: home·boy
Pronunciation: 'hOm-"boi
Function: noun
1 : a boy or man from one's neighborhood, hometown , or region
2 : a fellow member of a youth gang
3 : an inner-city youth
Also referenced below.
2007-05-25 10:35:20 · answer #2 · answered by emagtuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "home" is used because it is the place of family, and the word "boy" when used with "home" immediately makes you think of "brother". A homeboy is someone like a brother to you.
2007-05-27 05:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by moe s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homeboy can either be your friend or close friend
2007-05-24 04:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by prodigychild_21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its american slang, means friend, other simular words are homey and homes,down here we kinda got away from that one and lean towards my nizzle...its just slang..no harm in it...just talk between friends.
2007-05-24 04:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend
2007-05-24 04:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by nuk_su_kow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as a homechicken, but different.
2007-05-24 04:27:12 · answer #7 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your ace boon coon! Your homie, da man, yo boy!
2007-05-24 08:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by eva2devine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your buddy-friend or acquiantance.
2007-05-24 04:23:38 · answer #9 · answered by New Moon Daughter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a boy from home ?
2007-05-24 04:24:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋