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- meaning - What does homie mean? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It's a trivial metaphoric extension from the somewhat more literal original meaning homie = someone I grew up with in my home neighbourhood, and therefore identify with and endorse I think it's General Reference that such usages abound in English (and probably every language)
- What is the meaning of homey? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Homey (usually spelled ‹homie› to distinguish it from the word meaning “homelike, comfortable”) is a diminutive form of homeboy, meaning originally someone from your own hometown or neighborhood but in contemporary urban slang anyone of your own culture, and by extension any comrade or colleague
- How to figure out whether I can address a person as homie or dog . . .
It's something I picked up from video games For instance in GTA V video game a slang language like "Whats up, homie?" or "See ya, dog!" is used all the time My question is - under what circumstan
- word usage - What does Lets crack on mean? - English Language . . .
To crack on does mean to get going keep going and is indeed a very BrE idiom, The AmE equivalent would be Let's get cracking! However I think if one said We've cracked on with that girl I've cracked on with that girl it would be understood to be much more than just flirting and would have a different meaning entirely A bawdy barman I knew in London used to say jokingly to the Polish
- homes vs homes - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
When referring to the homes decor would it be homes' or home's? Example: The custom design can blend seamlessly with the homes' (or home's) decor 2nd Example: We offer custom interior finishes t
- Questions tagged [phrase-meaning] - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Use this tag for questions about the meaning and or usage of a particular phrase, which a dictionary cannot answer
- meaning in context - Thats the Percodan talking . . . - English . . .
Percodan is a drug But I've no idea what Percodan talking means My supposition is that it's about side effects of Percodan Maybe the speaker has taken some of this drug, so now he's under Percod
- “What does this mean?” vs. “What is this meaning?”
Here, we have not yet established what meaning is being referred to So now we need to change it to: "What is the meaning of this?" This is much clearer, and much more natural and idiomatic English Both this and "What does this mean?" are fine Alternatively, in this situation you could simply use an interjection of surprise "What?"
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