Meaning of bro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Brother (a male sibling).
   slang
3. Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
   slang
4. Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.
   slang
5. A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
   slang
6. Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.
   derogatory, in-compounds, slang, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.”

“Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.”

“Let’s not kid ourselves – there are plenty of men saying that Will has been emasculated by Jada, because hurr durr why would he hit a bro over a woman.”

“Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (available as a Netflix special) in which she played a toxic, handsy bro who drove a motorcycle onstage, guzzling beers, groping audience members and creating chaos.”

“Near-synonym: man”

“don't tase me, bro”

“Hey bro, sorry to bother you but I think I accidentally backed up into your car — can I make it up to you?”

“Bro said he finna go off today!”

“Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.”

“One of these cars has 707 horsepower, performs amazingly well on a drag strip, and is popular among performance car bros. The other car is about to easily win a drag race.”

“He'd seen that false equivalency coming from AI bros time and time again, but hearing it from an AI itself was especially irritating.”

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