hommi

An alteration and shortening of now obsolete hómósexúalisti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɔmːɪ

hommi m (genitive singular homma, nominative plural hommar)

1. a homosexual male, a gay male
2. (offensive) a faggot, a fag

• Although the word hommi can be used maliciously, it is the word mainly used when referring to homosexuals, and is itself used a lot by homosexuals. It is perhaps viewed in the same way as gay; i.e. a more casual and less dated word over being gay (beating lengthy words like homosexuality and in Icelandic; samkynhneigð). The term hommar og lesbíur is most often used about gays and lesbians.

• hommatittur

• hómó

• lesbía
• lessa

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.