brogressive

English

Etymology

Blend of bro +‎ progressive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Noun

brogressive (plural brogressives)

1. (slang, derogatory) A male progressive who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.
   • 2013, Charles P. Pierce, "Rand Paul Gives His Musings On Gay Marriage", Esquire, 13 March 2013:

     You may recall the newest darling of brogressives — Thanks, Addie Stan — on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

   • 2013, Sady Doyle, "Ecce Homo Sorkinia", In These Times, 15 July 2013:

     The American Brogressive has found his next target, one who will presumably be saved from herself, along with everyone else, by learning to obey him.

   • 2015, David Atkins, "The Left’s Failure to Enact Gun Control Exposes Its Tactical Weakness", Washington Monthly, 3 October 2015:

     Election work and party involvement is increasingly seen as the unhip, uncool, morally compromised province of social climbers and “brogressives” not truly committed to the supposedly “real work” of social justice engagement by non-electoral means.

Synonyms

• brocialist