homo
/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable
adj
Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
A human.
noun
Example Sentences
- "I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet."
- ""... He's a homo." "My dear Theo, at my age one can't worry about little details like that. Besides, he's got such a nice voice.""
- "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 ..."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Clipping of homosexual.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: homō̆
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
- British English: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/
Usage
- Colloquial
- Derogatory
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Dated
- Uncountable