bromance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio Queensland
- /ˈbɹəʊmæns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɹəʉmæns/ (Australia)
- /ˈbɹoʊmæns/ (Canada, General-American)
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.
Meanings
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men.
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.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 96:Bromance—Romance between bros. Example: ‘It looks like there's a bit of bromance between Ryan and Matt.’
2001 April, “WORD”, in TransWorld Surf, retrieved 06 Jan 2018, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bromances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
womance · girl crush · sismance
Deriveds
Relateds
romantic friendship · queerplatonic
Synonyms
Translations (14)
fr bromance (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · cmn 基友 (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · cmn 男漫 (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · mr ब्रोमँस (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · fi kaveruus (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · ru брома́нс (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · de Bromance (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · ko 브로맨스 (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · ka ბრომანსი (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · cmn 兄弟情誼 /兄弟情谊 (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · id bromansa (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · cmn 兄弟情 (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · ja ブロマンス (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men) · pl męska przyjaźń (close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men)