In sportcasting, having a bias toward your hometown team or toward the team for which you play/used to play.
The local newspapers practice homerism, predicting that the hometown teams will win and complaining about the refs when the local teams lose.
by wsws August 23, 2009
Get the Homerism mug.1. a cartoon character in "The Simpsons" that eats too much, drinks too much beer, and all in all is a complete moron, just funnier than the average moron.
2. when a person succeeds when he/she does not know what they are doing. at all.
3. pure, crazy, insane luck.
2. when a person succeeds when he/she does not know what they are doing. at all.
3. pure, crazy, insane luck.
"That four year old's driving!"
"But he just won the Daytona 500!"
"Looks like he pulled a Homer Simpson"
"But he just won the Daytona 500!"
"Looks like he pulled a Homer Simpson"
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by The truth behind the facade November 16, 2009
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a man is a homobre when he has crossed the boundary from bromance to fully fledged romance.
you usually start to notice different behavior such as copying everything you do, smelling you hair when you're not paying attention, and "accidentally" bumping his hand with yours.
a man is a homobre when he has crossed the boundary from bromance to fully fledged romance.
you usually start to notice different behavior such as copying everything you do, smelling you hair when you're not paying attention, and "accidentally" bumping his hand with yours.
have you noticed that luis is starting to act funny towards carlos?
yeah dude. he's acting like a homobre.
yeah dude. he's acting like a homobre.
by aladdingenieHB1 July 20, 2009
Get the homobre mug.A useful neologism, but one that is frequently misunderstood and misused.
1. Most literal meaning -- tending to engage or arouse sexual interest, or imply an erotic connection, by one man for another.
2. Extended meaning, sometimes misused (see Example 2 below): a coded type of homosexual reference invisible to heterosexuals. This is fine as far as it goes, but it should not exclude heterosexuals.
3. Similarly, if used carelessly, "homoerotic" can be misused to imply an environment in which same-sex attraction exists simply because of same-sex affiliation. In other words, a judgment is made regarding sexuality where none should exist, allowing the speaker to practice psychology without a license.
4. Often the butt of malapropisms.
1. Most literal meaning -- tending to engage or arouse sexual interest, or imply an erotic connection, by one man for another.
2. Extended meaning, sometimes misused (see Example 2 below): a coded type of homosexual reference invisible to heterosexuals. This is fine as far as it goes, but it should not exclude heterosexuals.
3. Similarly, if used carelessly, "homoerotic" can be misused to imply an environment in which same-sex attraction exists simply because of same-sex affiliation. In other words, a judgment is made regarding sexuality where none should exist, allowing the speaker to practice psychology without a license.
4. Often the butt of malapropisms.
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1. The "Calamus" section of Walt Whitman's book of poetry LEAVES OF GRASS is frankly homoerotic in message and in symbolism. (It was also one of the sections 'banned in Boston').
2. Saying that Marlon Brando has "unique homoerotic appeal" is literally true, but should not be used in a context that would exclude the legitimate experience of erotic appeal that so many straight women felt.
3. To say that eight straight men in an office constitute a "homoerotic environment" implies a judgment that simply may not be true. Where's the attraction? "Homoerotic" should not be used as a pretentious and wrong substitute for "same-sex" or "homosexual" used literally.
4. "Al's dabbling in those homoerotic medicines." Tim Allen, on HOME IMPROVEMENT; his character should have said "homeopathic."
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1. The "Calamus" section of Walt Whitman's book of poetry LEAVES OF GRASS is frankly homoerotic in message and in symbolism. (It was also one of the sections 'banned in Boston').
2. Saying that Marlon Brando has "unique homoerotic appeal" is literally true, but should not be used in a context that would exclude the legitimate experience of erotic appeal that so many straight women felt.
3. To say that eight straight men in an office constitute a "homoerotic environment" implies a judgment that simply may not be true. Where's the attraction? "Homoerotic" should not be used as a pretentious and wrong substitute for "same-sex" or "homosexual" used literally.
4. "Al's dabbling in those homoerotic medicines." Tim Allen, on HOME IMPROVEMENT; his character should have said "homeopathic."
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