Homeboy like "Homie" is an English language slang term found in Westcoast American urban culture, whose origins etymologists generally trace to Mexican-American Spanglish from the late 19th century, meaning a male friend from back home, close friend, or someone gang affliated.
This my Homeboy from Los Angeles.
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When this term originally began to proliferate in the 1970's it was a derogatory term for someone in the neighborhood who 'stayed inside the house"- had little experience, was afraid to take chances, wasn't cool, kinda sissified; a cat who stayed home with his momma.
Let's go to the store an' git some Now Or Laters...
Naw, I can't. Moms won't lemme ride my bike in the street.
Youse a real homeboy.
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The epitome of a friend. Somebody you kick it with. A person who always has your back. You can't go through life without a homeboy. It's hard to have more than one, because they're one in a million.
You ain't nothing without your homeboy. - Tupac Shakur
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a term used commonly in hoods and ghettos closely related to Dawg. the elongated version of homeboy.
for those who have more time for greetings, "Homeboy" can be replaced by something like "Home skillet biscuit on a sesame seed bun with creame cheese mustard jello and ketchup on a sunday morning" Homeboy is often associated with "sup" and "yo."
Yo, sup my homeboy baked fresh on a homeskillet homebiscuit homemade by my momma?
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HoMeBoY(Z)_Pl.
Cats I'm tight with, chill wit, puff with, roll with, got Love for.
P-CP, Chris M, Chris O, Jav, and J are my HoMeboYz.
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A slang word for friend, family. Gangsters and raper's will use this word.
'' Yo homeboy, Drop by the club, smoke some shit ''
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To become a Homeboy, you engage in such activities, but not limited to: parties, dances, and other activities deemed acceptable by the Homeboys. Homeboys chase women and are kind of a big deal. This is the criteria of a Homeboy. Initiation consists of having duct tape ripped off of one's left nut.
Being a part of the Homeboys is one of the better things in life.
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