My homie, gangsta, g, pimp, friend, frat brother, brother, brotha, bro, buddy, dude, man, or other to do with friend. Said in the hood or on da street.
dawg was not made up by anyone. it is the pronunciation of dog by southerners and has been pronounced that way for hundreds of years. such as the georgia bulldawgs. mane people do not know the origin because they grew up in the north and do not know how the south has pronounced that word for hundreds of years.
a term of endearment seriously over used by randy jackson when judging AI contestants - everyone is a dawg.
used in place of: my friend, my dear chap, mate, dude, merrrt! (chav speak), guy...
randy: yo dawg, it was a little pitchy, but dat was da bomb!
viewer (thinking): shut up randy