# homo

Pronunciation: say "HOH-moh" US /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/, UK /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/

## Noun

1. The primate genus that includes present-day humans together with a number of extinct early human species.
   - Simple: The scientific group that includes people today and several kinds of early humans that have died out.
   - _The fossil jaw has features that some researchers say place it in Homo rather than in an earlier genus._
   - _Several species of Homo once shared the planet, but only Homo sapiens survives._
2. Clipping of homosexual. Often derogatory and offensive. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of homosexual.
   - Simple: Short form of homosexual. It is often used as an insult, so it is best not to use it.

## Adjective

3. Relating to homosexuality. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Having to do with being gay.
4. Processed so that the butterfat stays evenly mixed through it, used almost always of whole milk. *(Canada)*
   - Simple: Treated so the cream stays mixed in. Used almost only for full-fat milk.
   - _The recipe calls for a cup of homo milk, not two percent._
   - _The dairy case was out of homo milk, so she settled for one percent._

## Noun

5. Whole milk, rich in butterfat, that has been homogenized so the cream does not separate and rise. *(dated, Canada, US)*
   - Simple: Rich, full-fat milk that has been treated so the cream stays mixed in.
   - _The dairy sold homo by the quart and skim by the half gallon._
   - _At lunch the children could pick chocolate milk or a carton of homo._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A human being, a member of the human race.

## Origin

**Meanings 2–3** — A clipping of homosexual.
**Meanings 4–5** — A clipping of homogenized.
**Meaning 1** — From Latin homō ("man, human"). It is a doublet of gome, hombre, ombre and omi.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/homo (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).