brolic

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brolic

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Reportedly coined in reference to the extremely muscular character Broly from the Dragon Ball anime franchise, with the suffix -ic. Broly is a transliteration of the Japanese ブロリー (Burorī), itself coined as a pun on the English broccoli, a theme used in the naming of members of the fictional Saiyan alien species (e.g. Vegeta, from vegetable).

adjective more brolic · most brolic

slang Having large, well-developed muscles. Lonnie and Shotgun Pete had beef with Black Boy, a big brolic drug dealer from Thomasville Heights, the projects up the street from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, not far from Englewood.
Similar: ripped, swole

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@misc{brolic_2026,
  title = {brolic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brolic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}