homo

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/

Noun

homo

1. (colloquial, often, pejorative) Clipping of homosexual#English|homosexual.

   I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.

2. (uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.

Translations

• German: Homo
• Russian: го́мик

Adjective

homo

1. (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
2. (not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.

Noun

homo

1. A human.
   • 1850: "X-ing a Paragrab" by Edgar Allan Poe

     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.

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HOMO

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Noun

homo

1. (chemistry) Acronym of highest occupied molecular orbital

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