homesn.
/həʊmz/, U.S. /hoʊmz/ slang (originally and chiefly in African-American use).
As a familiar form of address to a person from one's home town or neighbourhood, or to a member of one's peer group or gang; homeboy, homegirl. Cf. home n.1 11, homie n. 2.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > fellow townsman
concitizen1428
co-citizen1488
comburgess1517
fellow citizen1550
townsman1562
conscive1578
town's bairn?1591
comburgher1605
townsfolk1614
townschild1621
city mana1661
townsboy1699
town folk1805
townie1824
townsfellow1830
homeboy1861
homie1929
homes1971
1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People ix. 128 ‘Hey, Homes!’ (He's also from Tennessee.)
1983 J. C. Quicker Homegirls i. 6 Chicana gang members use the affectionate terms ‘homegirl’ and ‘homeboy’ (sometimes shortened in speech to simply ‘homes’) to refer to other gang members.
1993 J. Mowry Six out Seven i. iii. 36 Guppy grinned, puffing his little chest and strutting. ‘An that a fact an a half, homes! Ice be cool, an I rule!’
2007 P. Ward Want some, get Some 339 Come on, man. It's just you and me, homes. Get this shit over with once and for all.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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