homo
see also: Homo, HOMO
Pronunciation Noun
Homo
Etymology
HOMO
Noun
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see also: Homo, HOMO
Pronunciation Noun
homo (plural homos)
- (colloquial, often, pejorative) Clipping of homosexual
- I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.
homo
- (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
homo
- (dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
homo (not comparable)
- (Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
From Latin homō̆, sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens.
Nounhomo (plural homos)
- (nonstandard) A human.
- 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, X-ing a Paragrab:
- 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.
Homo
Etymology
From Latin homō.
Pronunciation Proper noun- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.
- 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):
- Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
- Africanthropus, Anthropus, Archanthropus, Atlanthropus, Cyphanthropus, Europanthropus, Javanthropus, Kenyanthropus, Maueranthropus, Meganthropus, Nipponanthropus, Notanthropus, Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Praehomo, Proanthropus, Pseudhomo, Sinanthropus, Tchadanthropus, Telanthropus
- Russian: лю́ди
HOMO
Noun
homo
- (chemistry) Acronym of highest occupied molecular orbital
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