Can Someone Tell Me The Name Of The Colloquialism That Has Replaced "Homie"?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The attorney for Rachel Jenteal was on Piers Morgan and he was discussing the holes in Zimmerman's statements; especially the language he ascribed to Trayvon. He said the term "homie" is so ten years ago.

When I was a kid the term was "home boy" which started as a sort of a pejorative and became a term of affection and then it became "home" or "hom".

What is the term now?

The attorney also ripped a hole in Zimmerman's account of Trayvon's final moments.

[arcane1]

1. I'm 46 and I still sometimes refer to friends as "Homie." Of course, that might make me appear old.

The claim of "Homie" isn't nearly as absurd as the claim of "You got me!"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Well, Yeah

But I wonder what term young people use. The attorney said it "was so ten years ago"

I said the "you're gonna die tonight, mother fucker" remark was right out of a 70s blackspoitation film and the "you got me" remark was right out of a 30s gangster movie.

[arcane1]

4. Indeed, the only thing missing was "Honkey"

The "you're gonna die tonight, mother fucker" remark was invented by Zimmerman to justify his claim that he feared for his life, if you ask me.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Zimmerman also claimed that Martin said "Yo Glock is da bomb, yo" while doing the running man

His last words were apparently "Stop. Hammah-time..."



Zimmerman's such a fucking lying idiot that one can scarcely believe it.

[bettyellen]

5. I think "homey" is like 15 years ago- the Wayans killed it.... after that "cuz" was popular

and "my n___r" has been really popular too. This is all from banter I'd overhear with coworkers in NYC.
I should ask my old friend.

[KittyWampus]

24. Now when I hear homey… the skit with Homey The Clown comes to mind:

[billh58]

44. Homey don't

play that shit...

[loli phabay]

6. i have heard the word homes and homie used recently by younger males

Especially ones involved in gangs, also cuz is commonly used by certain gangs. Not to say that anyone involved in this case was a gang member, but it is still used in certain circles.

[bettyellen]

23. you were listening in on gang member banter- where was this, LOL?

[loli phabay]

25. jail.

[elehhhhna]

27. for the win!

best one word retort on DU

[bettyellen]

43. what you in for? LOL

[loli phabay]

45. lol, for a few years i did a dozen or so interviews and validations a week of gang members

So i spent a lot of time in and out of jail doing them.

[bettyellen]

46. interesting that they cling to different phrases. I don't know why we don't see/ hear as much

about gangs here in NYC (like we did in the 70's). I wonder why that is.

[MrSlayer]

33. Cuz is Crip.

Guidos also use cuz as a term of endearment.

[loli phabay]

34. yup, i elaborated a bit down thread.

[MrSlayer]

36. Ah. Missed that.

L.A. Gangs are something I research for fun. Very interesting stuff going on there. Scary as all hell but very interesting.

[loli phabay]

37. these gangs have all went national and international now, its amazing how they morph as you

Change location, stuff that would never go down with sets in LA are pretty much the norm on the east coast, even seen MS cliques acceptinf members not of el salvadorian descent. Though that was quickly shut down on orders from the shotcallers back home.

[MrSlayer]

40. Oh I know.

They were branching big time in the 90's and everyone has a piece. Even individual sets have branched. Pirus in St. Louis, Eight Trays in Seattle, El Rukens in Minnesota. It's crazy.

Yeah the 13s are insane.

[R B Garr]

48. Do you ever look into the Santa Ana CA gangs? They were prolific for awhile

but from the little I've read about it, they've been largely curtailed because of the gang units in the police departments now. It's such a huge part of police work. Maybe that's why they're scattering? I don't read that much about gangs, but I think they got injunctions that allowed police to keep a high profile around them which eventually shut a lot of them down. I heard that the gang units keep photographs of known and suspected gang members in a database and they track their movements so that they get to know all their relatives, friends, etc. It must be interesting reading for you.

[bettyellen]

42. cuz was popular for quite a few years with kids - homies died out a very long time though in NYC.

[Duer 157099]

49. Homes? I thought it was "Holmes"

No? In my middle school, that was the term the gang members (and wannabes) used to talk to each other.

Maybe I just put that "L" in on my own, but I swear I saw it written out that way too

[Ed Suspicious]

7. My kids say "Brah" or "Broskis" very often. I don't know if that's the hip new lingo but it seems

roughly equivalent in usage.

[bettyellen]

9. isn't that sort of frat boy lingo? it is around here.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Respectfully, frat boy lingo isn't what I'm looking for.

[bettyellen]

13. I didn't think so, which is why I pointed it out. FWIW, I posted a few.

Going to check a friend's FB page and see if I see anything newer now!

[Ed Suspicious]

11. Could very well be. I just thought it had a similar, colloquial ring.

[Starry Messenger]

8. I thought it was "G". I'm old though.

No one says Homie unless they're being sarcastic.

[jessie04]

12. Oh DSB ??...." I speak jive "

Now it's " my dog "... As in friend and attack dog.

Barbara Billingsly and I took Jive in college.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. "Dog" makes more sense

I'm a huge NBA fan and I see players call other player "Dog" as a term of affection.

I guess "b--ch" is still a term of derision for a guy another guy dislikes and wants to demean.

[loli phabay]

21. on an aside, dog is a term used by bloods, cuz by crips and homie or homes by gangster disciples

Though ive also heard all three terms used by nortenos, surenos and asian gang members as well.

[giftedgirl77]

54. Actually it is mitch now

instead of calling a dude a bitch. I still use homie but I'm 35. My kids use brah also, I have no idea where they picked that one up.

As for kids dawg is still used & so is homie shockingly enough.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. Wow

smh

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. I'm confused

Young people have their own lingo but even I know what "Dog" and "Dap" mean.

[backscatter712]

19. Relevant:

[IDemo]

14. "Man"

And "Sick" has been replaced with "Groovy".

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. man has been replaced with lad

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. bloke

[Recursion]

20. Homie still gets used

Dude seems to be coming back, too

[leftstreet]

22. Brother n/t

[pnwmom]

26. I think it must be "Gosh."

As in "Gosh, you got me!"

[Lex]

29. "bruh"

[R B Garr]

30. I've seen "besties" used

a take-off of the BF and BFF fad, but that may be more of a female thing. I agree with another poster that I still see homies used.

See, this is why you need to be Keeping Up With the Kardashians...

[Scurrilous]

31. "Homme"

French Club, yo.

[KittyWampus]

32. GAH!

[MrSlayer]

35. Bro is big but homie is absolutely still in use.

And everybody calls each other "Yo" too. Popular way before Breaking Bad.

[bettyellen]

47. Yo = Hey. Not really calling someone the name yo, in most cases.

Maybe gangs do, but the kids at work use it instead of hey you.

[MrSlayer]

50. I'm from Philly, we invented Yo.

But they use it now at the end of the sentence, call people it rather than use it to say hi or draw attention.

[bettyellen]

58. It's used to punctuate the thought, not call the person.

Yo is like cool, not going anywhere.

[Cleita]

38. What's the new word for colloquialism?

Sorry, for the jib. I couldn't help it.

[demwing]

39. I'm a 50 year old white guy

[taught_me_patience]

41. homes

at least, that's what I use with my homes.

[cherokeeprogressive]

51. I thought it was "holmes". n/t

[bravenak]

52. A lot of people say " what up yo", or family, or cuz, oh a whole lot of different stuff.

But homie is played out. My mom tries to say "homie don't play that" and I be cracking up. My best friend calls me bitch, she's the only one besides my sister who can do that. I like to use snatch face for people I love. So I depends on the degree of familiarity. Of course it depends on race too. If we're cool then almost anything goes.

[Historic NY]

53. Yo bro, hey bro....or Yo dude.

[BainsBane]

55. By the time any of us have heard of it, it's passe

[The Straight Story]

56. reminds me of this LOL

[Tien1985]

57. That struck me as weird too.

I went to high school from 99-2003, common language was:

"Dawg"
"Brothas"/"bros" (it wasn't frat speak at that time)
"Dude"
"Holmes"
"Man"
"Peeps"
And honestly, "n*ggaz" was used very often.

"Homies" was something my older brother (10yr age difference) said. It was old then, so unless it's coming back or TM was a much older person it just doesn't sound right.

It sounds like GZ was doing a terrible impression of what someone from the late 80's thought "those people" spoke like.