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brodown

noun

Etymology

Blend of bro + hoedown.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. derived from *dūnom✻
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻ — “smoke, haze, dust”
  4. inherited from *dūnaz✻
  5. inherited from *dūnā✻ — “sandhill, dune”
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as hoedown — “hoe + down”
  9. compounded as brodown — “bro + hoedown”

Definitions

  1. A gathering featuring and/or appealing primarily to men.

    • After a few false starts I finally meet the Swiss French snowboarder at Europe's winter sports brodown Babylon.
    • “Probably the same old thing—another Saturday-night brodown.” Becka laughed. “A brodown, huh? Sounds fierce. What do you boys do? Play video games and burp a lot?”
    • All these developments are a sign of the times ahead: the drink, mostly associated with brodowns, is slowly but surely making its way onto the fancy part of the menu.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA