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 male sibling
  • 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

[African American Vernacular English.]

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Abbreviation of brother.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Your bro is lucky, the HIV drug protocol in '93 was not very effective.

    not forgotten Another Outspoken Female 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • Many of these “passport bros” are men from Western countries that believe women of their own countries aren’t traditional enough, have “too-high standards”, are overly liberated or empowered or influenced by feminist ideals, and therefore unsuitable to be “domesticated” or make for “real” wives.

    Passport Bros Are Exactly the Kind of Men We Should Avoid Shalom Esene 2023

  • I've met some passport bros while I've been on my travels and none of them were incels....most got treated like crap by an ex gf or ex wife, got back into the dating pool and did not like what they saw...some are just looking for some ass but a good portion are actually looking for something serious

    This Is The Definition Of A Passport Bro. DarkHorseRecruit 2025

  • However, for one group of men who call themselves “passport bros”, finding a woman abroad isn’t just a lucky coincidence, but a key goal of travel.

    People slam traveller's unconventional tactic for finding women to date Sarah Pollok 2024

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  • 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

  • Come on, how about manziere?

    December 6, 2006

  • 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

  • i continue to wage war against this term (in relation to me) ... and am never ever too successful ...

    December 26, 2006

  • Orb in reverse.

    September 26, 2007

  • Bro, you're a god among bros.

    October 9, 2007

  • Bromaldehyde?? Ha!

    October 9, 2007

  • I have decided that whoever came up with the phrase "bros before hos" probably didn't have a girlfriend.

    November 26, 2007

  • Don't tase me!

    November 28, 2007