Citations:portmanbro
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English citations of portmanbro
Noun: "(neologism) a portmanteau created by blending 'bro' and another word"[edit]
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- 2014, Marc Tracy, "How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'", New Republic, 8 January 2014:
- Like most jokes, portmanbros began as larks—“brodown,” “bromance”—but can now be a bit more pointedly political.
- 2014, Stephen Marche, "On 'Bro': The Use And Abuse Of A Loaded Word", Esquire, September 2014, page 107:
- Among writers who are trying to be funny, the word has morphed into a series of fused words—comic portmanteaus (portmanbros, if you insist) that have launched a full-on brocabulary: brogrammers, for young male computer programmers; […]
- 2014, "Glossary Of Guy Terms", Omelet, Fall 2014, page 6:
- Vocabulary used by bros (including many portmanbros).