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homo

SayHOH-mohUS/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/UK/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/

Pluralhomos

6 meanings of homo

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  1. 1
    nounbiology
    The scientific group that includes people today and several kinds of early humans that have died out.

    The museum has a whole room about the early members of Homo.

    People today are the last living members of Homo. All the others died out long ago.

    UsageWrite it with a capital H: Homo sapiens.

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  2. 2
    gay personnounderogatoryoffensiveslurcolloquialabbreviationclipping
    Short form of homosexual. It is often used as an insult, so it is best not to use it.
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  3. 3
    gayadjectivederogatoryoffensivecolloquial
    Having to do with being gay.

    UsageCan sound unkind. Say gay instead.

Less common meanings

  1. 4
    adjectiveCanada
    Treated so the cream stays mixed in. Used almost only for full-fat milk.

    Grab a bag of homo milk on your way home.

    The kids drink homo milk, but I like skim.

    UsageMostly in homo milk, meaning full-fat milk.

    Similarhomogenized

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  2. 5
    milk itselfnoundatedCanadaUScountable or uncountable
    Rich, full-fat milk that has been treated so the cream stays mixed in.

    The milkman left two quarts of homo on the porch.

    We always bought homo for the baby.

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  3. 6
    nounnonstandard
    A person, a human being.
    John, John, if you don't go you're no homo—no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,—a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.
    1850, Edgar Allan Poe, X-ing a ParagrabHere, homo means a human being, a person.

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Origins

Meanings 2–3

A short form of homosexual.

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Meanings 4–5

A short form of homogenized.

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Meaning 1

From Latin homō, "man, human".

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