bruh
nounEtymology
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Clipping of brother originating in African-American Vernacular English. Predates, but perhaps influenced, other slang clippings spelled with -h. This is a phonetic clipping: /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ → /bɹʌ/. Contrast bro, which is a clipping of the spelling of brother rather than the pronunciation.
- borrowed from beruk
Definitions
Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”).
- Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick) I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh / Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick, poof) Just like that and I'm back, bruh
Expressing amazement or shock.
- You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
Expressing a feeling that something is stupid, inappropriate, useless or even weird to…
Expressing a feeling that something is stupid, inappropriate, useless or even weird to say, think or do.
- Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine!
- Person 2: Bruh.
- Person 1: I think the word partisan derives from how they parted their hair.
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Expressing disappointment.
- Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled!
- Person 2: Bruh.
- Person 1: "I just ate your dinner."
The rhesus macaque.
- […] in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bruh. 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