dude-bro
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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*bʰréh₂tēr |
In reference to the stereotype of such men often calling each other "dude" and "bro".
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Noun[edit]
- (slang, usually derogatory) A hypermasculine male, especially a misogynistic or otherwise chauvinistic one.
- 2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek[1], volume 48, →ISSN, page 226:
- The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”
- 2012 November 14, Jill Filipovic, “Dude or dude-bro: ten ways to tell”, in The Guardian[2]:
- As a straight single woman in my twenties, I love me some dudes. But I can't stand the dude-bros. And I weep at the fact that dude-bro culture seems to be quickly taking over dude culture.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dude-bro.