bromance
noun/ˈbɹoʊmæns/US/ˈbɹəʊmæns/UK
Etymology
Blend of bro + romance. Coined by American editor Dave Carnie in the 1990s as part of an article for the skateboard magazine Big Brother to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together.
Definitions
A close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men.
- Bromance—Romance between bros. Example: ‘It looks like there's a bit of bromance between Ryan and Matt.’
- The letter was pure puffery, probably written by some clerk in North Korea's agitprop bureau, but Trump loved it. This was the beginning of the Trump-Kim bromance.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bromance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA