Homer
Homer has 2 meanings
Hometown sports fan
A term for a sports fan who always roots for the hometown team; derogatory term used to look down a person because he blindly follows the hometown team, whether it be a major or lesser known sport.
Example
I can't listen to that guy anymore, he's such a homer, he doesn't ever critique the team
Related Slang
Fanboy | A dedicated male fan |
Fandom | Community of fans |
Belieber | A committed fan of Justin Bieber |
Trekker | Star Trek Fan |
Trekkie | A Star Trek Fan |
AFOL | Adult fan of Lego |
Homer is a baseball term that refers to a home run. It refers to when a baseball player hits the ball over the fence and rounds the bases back to home base.
A homer may also refer to an inside-the-park home run, which is when a player hits the ball and runs around all the bases to home without any errors. Homer is one of many terms for home run, which includes tater, bomb, and dinger. It is similar to an abbreviation of home run, which is HR.