homes
slang A friendly term of address. The spelling "holmes" can also be used. What's up, homes? Yo, how're you doing, homes? Holmes! How've you been, I haven't seen you in forever!
homie
slang
1. A friendly term of address. What's up, homie? Hey homie, how're you doing? Yo, homie! We're hanging out this weekend, right?
2. A friend. Teddy's my homie—he'll help us out. She wasn't my homie at first—actually, she used to really annoy me. Please tell me one of your homies knows a lot about computers and can fix this.
homie don't play that
slang I'm not doing that; that's not going to happen. The phrase was popularized by the 1990s sketch comedy show In Living Color. They think they can palm all the work off on me? Oh no, homie don't play that! You want me to lie to Mom and Dad for you? Yeah, and get in trouble myself? Pfft, homie don't play that. No, I'm not cleaning up your pigsty of a room! Homie don't play that.
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