bruh
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bruh¹
- /bɹʌ/
Rhymes with -ʌ
Where it comes from
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.
noun bruhs
- Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”).bro 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
interjection bru · breh · bryh
- Expressing amazement or shock. You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
- 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.
- Expressing disappointment. Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled! Person 2: Bruh.
bruh²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay beruk.
noun bruhs
- The rhesus macaque. […] in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.
