A term first used by members of the corporate media generated lower class urban black culture. As this group has become the cultural majority, displacing traditional American culture and degrading the English language, it has been adopted by angry white
people. It is generally used to refer to any black person who is
seen wearing a numbered jersy, pants pulled down
six to eight inches below the
belt line, and a
rag tied around their head. These homies are usually seen shuffling slowly along the sidewalk, alternately spitting and grabbing their crotch every few steps while rhythmically chanting obscenities.
{after spotting a group of
black teens fighting and smashing bottles in the middle of the
street} "
Oh look, it's the homies in the mist."