Homo
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of homosexual. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, derogatory, often
"I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet."
- 2 Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content. Canada, US, countable, dated, uncountable
"One quart of homo wholesale in glass equals one quart equivalent. Certain modifications were made in these relatives to adjust for variations in units per ..."
- 3 A human. nonstandard
"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."
- 4 Acronym of highest occupied molecular orbital. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"To be consistent with the terminology for solids, for molecules, we also call the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) the VBM and CBM, respectively."
- 5 any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage wordnet
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- 6 someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex wordnet
- 1 Of or pertaining to homosexuality. colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
- 2 Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content. Canada, US, not-comparable
"Regular homo milk was being sold out of stores in half gallons for 33 cents against 44 cents on regular homo milk on home delivery."
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More examples"The world famous Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy's Christ Trilogy includes the paintings entitled "Christ before Pilate", "Golgotha" and "Ecce Homo"."
Etymology
Clipping of homosexual.
Clipping of homogenized.
From Latin homō (“man, human”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. Doublet of gome, hombre, ombre, and omi.
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