brony

See also: broný

English

a 2011 brony meetup

Etymology

Blend of bro +‎ pony, the earliest documented use dates to the 25th of October 2010 on the 4chan image boards.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹoʊni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊni/
• Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

brony (plural bronies)

1. (fandom slang) A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult male.
   • 2011 September 7, Jaime Weinman, “Men who love ‘My Little Pony’”, in Maclean's‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But Sethisto thinks that for him and his fellow bronies, the show has "evolved way past being just another 22-minute commercial. They gave the team enough freedom to really make it awesome."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brony.

Usage notes

Due to various controversies, such as prominent members of the brony fandom being members of alt-right or fascist groups, or hostility towards feminists and minority fans, some progressive-aligned or leftist fans of MLP:FiM use the terms "pony fan", "MLP fan", "My Little Pony fan" instead of "brony".

Antonyms

• anti-brony

Derived terms

• bronyism
• bronyspeak

 

Coordinate terms

• bronydom
• pegasister (female fan)
• MLP fan, pony fan
• clop, clopper

Translations

fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

• Bengali: ব্রনি (broni)
• Chinese: 小馬迷／小马迷 (xiǎo mǎ mí)
• French: brony (fr) m
• Gujarati: બ્રોનિ (broni)
• Hindi: ब्रोनि (broni)
• Japanese: ブロニー
• Malay: brony
• Russian: брони (ru) m (broni)

Anagrams

• Bryon, Byron, Norby, Robyn, yborn

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English brony.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

brony m (plural bronies)

1. (fandom slang) a brony

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔnɨ/

Noun

brony f

1. inflection of brona:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔ.nɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɨ
• Syllabification: bro‧ny

Noun

brony f or f pl

1. inflection of brona:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural