Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brother.
- noun Friend; pal. Used as a form of familiar address for a man or boy.
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- noun slang
brother ; a malesibling - noun slang
brother ; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals. - noun slang
brother ; an African-American. - noun slang
brother ; used to address a male - noun slang a
fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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It meant you wore a backward hat, maybe waxed your chest, used the word "bro" a lot, drank Red Bull and vodkas, had a name for both your car and your penis, felt a reflexive need to high-five after sex, and would someday either work as a trader or just act like you did.
H. L. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey H. L. Rogers 2011
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But we're getting back to a scene where Daren and his brother talk, and well, the bro is a bit uneducated.
Let’s Practice Our Little Touches squirrel_monkey 2008
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The term bro was self-selected—because it’s a common form of address among bros—but is not universally used and is often employed pejoratively.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
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Your bro is lucky, the HIV drug protocol in '93 was not very effective.
not forgotten Another Outspoken Female 2009
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With the once-booming podcast industry currently on the back foot and hosts’ reputations for self-important mansplaining having long since caught up with them, is the “podcast bro” officially a persona non grata in today’s dating landscape?
Would You Date a Podcast Bro? By 2023
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With the once-booming podcast industry currently on the back foot and hosts’ reputations for self-important mansplaining having long since caught up with them, is the “podcast bro” officially a persona non grata in today’s dating landscape?
Would You Date a Podcast Bro? Gina Cherelus 2023
blogderdasher commented on the word bro
bro - (related terms: mansiere, man breasts) 1. a bra for men 2. support undergarment specifically designed for men carrying a lot of extra baggage up there 3. Quote: "What d'you say? It'll be me, you and the bro, bro." 4. Episode: The Doorman
December 6, 2006
seanahan commented on the word bro
Come on, how about manziere?
December 6, 2006
uselessness commented on the word bro
This is the creepiest term of endearment I can think of, the preferred choice of stalkers, pedophiles, and that weird guy who's always trying to fit in but never does. Never, ever call me bro.
December 26, 2006
brtom commented on the word bro
i continue to wage war against this term (in relation to me) ... and am never ever too successful ...
December 26, 2006
oroboros commented on the word bro
Orb in reverse.
September 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bro
Bro, you're a god among bros.
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bro
Bromaldehyde?? Ha!
October 9, 2007
lampbane commented on the word bro
I have decided that whoever came up with the phrase "bros before hos" probably didn't have a girlfriend.
November 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bro
Don't tase me!
November 28, 2007