Meaning of brospeak | Babel Free

Definitions

Speech that is characteristic of bros and bro culture.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“In this respect⟳, the term is not alone. "Epic" belongs to what might be called élite brospeak, a collection of idioms that together reach⟳ for grandiose adventurism from a position of the comfortably banal. Élite brospeak holds that people working ably in offices on William Street or Bryant Street are "killing it" or "crushing it."”

“Almost all employees attend⟳ some version of discrimination and harassment-awareness training, so how is it that the bro speak⟳ still exists at all? With only 10% of female professionals on the trading floor and only 16% of senior executives being female (at all banks plus financial instruments), it's unlikely that the few women at that level even want⟳ to discuss⟳ it.”

“The script — heavy on the brospeak — was co-written by David Gordon Green, who has made his fair share⟳ of dramas but may be better known for Stoner buddy comedies like⟳ "Pineapple Express⟳" and HBO's "Eastbound and Down."”

“"A'ight," he said, lapsing into the bro-speak he normally reserves for conversations with teammates. "That sounds like⟳ it could be tight."”

“After defining stance and reviewing ways in which it has been used in studies of language and sexuality, the chapter analyzes representations of two sexual identity registers: a "gay voice" homosexual identity and a "brospeak" heterosexual identity.”

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