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homeboi

homeboi is the informal spelling of homeboy.

Meaning of homeboy

Noun

homeboy (plural homeboys)

  1. (colloquial) Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown.
    • When the boy next door; Don't want to be my homeboy no more; Saw something that I never saw before; I think he wants to be my baby2004, “Homeboy”, performed by JoJo
  2. (colloquial, African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
  3. (colloquial) A person.

See all 4 meanings of homeboy

Forms of homeboi

pluralhomebois
pluralhomeboiz

Questions about homeboi

What is homeboi the informal spelling of?
Homeboi is the informal spelling of homeboy.

Words near homeboi in the dictionary

  1. homebirthed
  2. homebirthing
  3. homebirths
  4. homebodies
  5. homebody
  6. homeboi
  7. homebois
  8. homeboiz
  9. homeborn
  10. homebound
  11. homeboy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homeboi (page history and authors); homeboy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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