bromance

English

Etymology

Blend of bro +‎ romance. Editor Dave Carnie coined the term in the skateboard magazine Big Brother in the 1990s to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bromance (plural bromances)

1. (slang) A close but non-sexual relationship between men.

   There is a bromance between Josh and David.

   • 2001 April, “WORD”, in TransWorld Surf‎^[2], retrieved 2018-01-06, page 40:

     Bromance—Romance between bros. Example: ‘It looks like there's a bit of bromance between Ryan and Matt.’

Synonyms

• man crush

Coordinate terms

• girl crush
• sismance
• womance

Derived terms

• bromancey
• bromantic

Translations

close but non-sexual relationship between men

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基友 (jīyǒu), 男漫 (nánmàn), 兄弟情 (xiōngdìqíng), 兄弟情誼／兄弟情谊, 兄弟情谊 (xiōngdì qíngyì)

• Finnish: kaveruus (fi)
• French: bromance (fr) f
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• German: Bromance (de) f
• Japanese: ブロマンス (buromansu)
• Korean: 브로맨스 (beuromaenseu)
• Russian: брома́нс (ru) m (brománs)

See also

• romantic friendship
• queerplatonic

Anagrams

• Camborne