homie

noun

1. Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
2. A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

   “Hey there, Francis, my homie!”

3. An inner-city youth.
4. (Polari, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of omi (“man”).

   “As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.”