Good poetry is even better when you read it aloud. For his anthology, Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky selected works with just that in mind. Martha and Grant discuss a poem from the...
Homie and homeboy don’t come from Latin homo, confirming Rachel in Connecticut’s suspicions about an unsourced Wikipedia claim. The source is the English word home: homeboy goes back to the late 1800s in Black English, meaning a male friend from...
cuddie n. used vocatively, friend or pal; homie, cuz. Editorial Note: This term appears to originate in Vallejo, California, and is closely associated with the performers Mac Mall and Mac Dre. Etymological Note: The etymological information in the...
cuddie n.— «[Mac] Dre was riding shotgun in a white van driven by Dubee, his longtime cuddie (that’s Crestside, Vallejo, parlance for “close homie”).» —“Requiem for a Mac” by Eric K. Arnold East Bay Express (California) Nov. 10, 2004. (source:...
wodie
n.— «A “wodie” is basically a New Orleans slang for “associate” or “homie,” and it’s pronounced WHOA-DEE. » —“Spotlight” UBB Developer’s Network Dec., 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
skeet
v.— «Damn homie. skeet means to cum allover a bitch. to bust ur nut on the bitch!» —“Re: what does Skeet mean?” by sursyder TVT Message Boards Apr. 8, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
