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Noun: "a fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, particularly an adult male"
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- 2011 March 10, Scott Dennis, “Ponies overachieving, from feminism to 4chan”, in The Daily Barometer[1], →ISSN:
- Back in the mystical land of 4chan, as the show's popularity grew, fans on the site began referring to themselves as "/b/ronies" (the /b/ referring to the board) or simply "Bronies" (indicating male fans of the series).
- 2011 April 10, Kinley O'Sullivan, “Confound these ponies!”, in Sonoma State Star[2]:
- Males who have begun watching the show have proudly taken up the label of "Bronies."
- 2011 April 11, Joe Coscarelli, “4Chan-Based 'Bronies' Continue Their Media Takeover”, in New York[3], →ISSN:
- About a year ago, the legendary image-board 4Chan, most often recognized for its child-porn problem and for spawning the hacker group Anonymous, gave rise to another strange subset: self-proclaimed "bronies" (as in bro plus pony), young male fans of the remake of the little girl's eighties cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
- 2011 August 3, Joshua Ostroff, “All-ages show: Hipsters love children's programming”, in National Post[5]:
- Pony's cool cred has even led to its own adult-fuelled Internet subculture — tens of thousands of pieces of fan art, chiptune songs and videos mashing up pastel Pony scenes with movie trailer audio from The Dark Knight, The Watchmen and Inglourious Basterds — and sparked a surprising male following known as "bronies."
- 2011 November 20, Kasey Jones, “Male audience ponies up ‘Friendship is Magic’”, in East Tennessean[7]:
- Brony. The combination of "bro" and "pony," a brony is a self-describing term used to identify males who watch, follow and are fans of the show "My Little Pony."
- 2011 December 26, Alexandra Alcasid, “Ponies and bronies”, in Manila Standard Today[8]:
- Each and every brony has his or her reason for watching and loving the show.
- 2012 January 20, “The Mane Event”, in Irish Independent[10]:
- The Irish Bronies have created their own mascot, a pony called Shamrock, and regularly organise trips to toy stores to buy the latest merchandise.
- 2012 April 6, Melody Wilson, “D.C. 'bronies' feel the love and friendship of 'My Little Pony'”, in The Washington Post[11], →ISSN:
- The event is a meet-up of D.C. area "bronies": adult men — and some women — who follow the animated TV show religiously.
- 2012 July 1, Dave Collins, “BRONIES: Bro's Little Pony convention”, in Colorado Daily[12]:
- Bronies say they're a misunderstood lot who've gotten a bad rap from the media.