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homeboy

[hohm-boi] / ˈhoʊmˌbɔɪ /


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And my homeboy, he texted me and was like, ‘You got to capitalize on his marketing.’

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2024

“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said.

From Seattle Times Aug. 7, 2023

We attended the same middle school, lost touch during our high school years, and then reunited when she moved two doors down from me with her cousin, my homeboy.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2022

“Looks like homeboy is doing a little too good,” Tolbert said.

From New York Times Nov. 13, 2021

We all knew, that no matter what, I wasn’t going to rat on my homeboy.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

But Black Twitter, combined with the people I followed from the bar, my homeboys from around the way I convinced to join, and Eastside-Westside Baltimore Twitta, made my experience complete.

From Salon May 6, 2022

“I just remember me and my homeboys getting in the car and going to down to Canal Street,” Mathieu said.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2022

But then one day Rick and one of his homeboys moseyed down to a local park where a man was holding tennis clinics.

From The New Yorker Mar. 4, 2019

The boy said none of his homeboys had been carrying weapons that winter day.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2016

“Anyway, I’m there to watch some of the homeboys play after the girls’ game,” Daddy says, looking at Momma.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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