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| Thread ID: 116627 | 2011-03-13 01:22:00 | Where'd the "Bro" thing come from bro? | tuiruru (12277) | PC World Chat |
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| 1185611 | 2011-03-13 09:01:00 | Bro is only used by people with minimal intelligence. So you are saying that people from Equatorial Guinea use the term "bro"? :D Ref: en.wikipedia.org |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1185612 | 2011-03-13 09:27:00 | Bro is only used by people with minimal intelligence . You should start using it more often then . . . Kidding!! :D |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1185613 | 2011-03-13 16:42:00 | Bro is only used by people with minimal intelligence . Interesting, I never really thought about it until now but I use 'bro' with people in government departments, in court I have used it with lawyers and administration staff, the police and with detectives, in Wellington when I meet with regional managers, and also with people with 'minimal intelligence' . I admit these are males, I see them regularly and we usually talk sport when not talking business . I do have some people in that I group I deal with that I would never ever say 'bro' to, they are female or gay . Which one are you? |
sam m (517) | ||
| 1185614 | 2011-03-13 18:12:00 | So nobody knows where the term comes from then. We all know it comes from American blacks. But when did they start using it ? Was it taken from some Brotherhood ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1185615 | 2011-03-13 19:59:00 | So nobody knows where the term comes from then. We all know it comes from American blacks. But when did they start using it ? Was it taken from some Brotherhood ? Good point Digby. That brought the thread back into focus! Edit: This is interesting. (deletionpedia.dbatley.com(slang%2C_insult)_(deleted_14_ Aug_2008_at_05:43)) It was actually deleted from Wikipedia three years ago! Probably not what we were after :rolleyes: |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1185616 | 2011-03-13 20:02:00 | Bro is only used by people with minimal intelligence. 'Bro' is very often used by a major proportion of young people, even the intelligent ones. They use it while talking to strangers or old friends, it's a mere friendly gesture. I'm just guessing you don't have any friends willing to call you a bro! |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 1185617 | 2011-03-13 20:21:00 | Or Here (www.urbandictionary.com)- certainly not the way we think of it. Then there's the South African (dictionary.reference.com) connection |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1185618 | 2011-03-13 20:45:00 | There's a so-called "discussion" here (www.otherother.org). I particularly liked the phrase "In bro terms, some dudes started writing it on each other’s Facebook walls. From there it also grew on Twitter and, at the same time, it spread like a venereal disease to the vaginas of many public forums on the Internet". But I still haven't been able to pin down where it actually originated. Where I used to live (in Cornwall) people used to refer to each other as "me 'ansome". It coul be a bit worrying on a dark night if you didn't know about it - "How you doin' me 'ansome?" :o |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1185619 | 2011-03-13 20:59:00 | And that Wikipedia "Article" gave no references. Where did the Aussie term "Mate" come from ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1185620 | 2011-03-13 21:04:00 | Late '60s culture from either Afro-Americans or bikers? | Whenu (9358) | ||
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