Crossword clues for homeboy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"person from one's hometown," 1940s, American English, black slang, also originally with overtones of "simpleton." With many variants (compare 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).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context colloquial English) Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown. 2 (context colloquial English) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. 3 (context colloquial English) A person.
WordNet
n. a fellow male member of a youth gang
a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
Wikipedia
Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the role of self-destructive cowboy/ boxer Johnny Walker. Christopher Walken also stars as Walker's slightly corrupt promoter, who encourages him to fight whilst hiding from him the fact that one more punch in the wrong place would kill him. The film was released on DVD on September 1, 2009.
Homeboy is a morning talkshow hosted by Boy Abunda whichs aired on ABS-CBN. Homeboy presents a dynamic discussion of real stories through actual interaction between Boy Abunda as host, his celebrity guests and his live studio audience. After almost 2 years, Homeboy went off-air on June 29 to make way for Boy & Kris on July 2 the same year as the replacement with the return of the Queen of All Media Kris Aquino.
Homeboy(s), Home Boy, or Homeboyz may refer to:
- Homie or "homeboy", a slang term
"Homeboy" is a song co-written by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released in February 2011 as the ninth single of his career, and the first from his album Chief. Church wrote the song with Casey Beathard.
Usage examples of "homeboy".
Luis and his wife showed Kayla to a small spare bedroom, as Carlos and half a dozen of his homeboys set up chairs in the living room, carrying in pizza boxes and sixpacks of beer.
This was no mad dogging going on here, no visual challenge that played along with the current gang etiquette, no excuse for the homeboys to open up with the artillery.
If you make it out of there alive, be sure to tell the half-dozen homeboys from hell that I satisfied my end of the bargain.
She literally bent over and slapped her knees as she laughed, affording Woody and his Hungarian homeboys a golden opportunity to look down her tank top.
Mingolla had only heard of the pits third- and fourth-hand, but what he had heard was bad, and it was hard to believe that this kid with his air of homeboy innocence could be an afficionado of something so vile.
But if homeboy didn't stop dry humping the arm of the chair with his woman's name in his throat, he was fairly certain that he could still rip out his heart.
All of these Raft dudes, these tough scary homeboys of the sea, are scared shitless of this guy.
Low-slung baggy homeboy pants, gym shoes, short-sleeved shirt unbuttoned over a black T-shirt, spikey green hair.
On the other hand, if it's an election thing, we can ignore groups who don't vote very much, like trade school metal heads and stone-faced urban homeboys.