bruvver

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bruvver

/ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈbɹʌ.vɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌvə(ɹ)

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Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting).

noun bruvvers

Cockney, Multicultural London English, slang Brother. Gurdjieff I thot a man an a bruvver, but NObuddy is goin to swallow Ouspensky
nonstandard Nonstandard form of brother Chicken was still elated. "I was way up there, wasn’t I? Wasn’t I? I’m a tell my brovver."

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@misc{bruvver_2026,
  title = {bruvver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bruvver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}