Omi
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A man. Polari
"Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil."
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil."
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Italian uomo (“man”). Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and ombre.