portmanbro
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Blend of portmanteau + bro.
Noun[edit]
portmanbro (plural portmanbros)
- (informal) A portmanteau word incorporating the term bro, denoting a concept related to bro culture.
- 2017 December 14, Jennifer Schuessler, “‘Youthquake’ Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. Sorry, Broflake.”, in New York Times[1]:
- It also reflects the way portmanteau coinages incorporating “bro-” and “man-” — “portmanbros,” if you will — have increasingly taken on a critical edge, in keeping with shifts in conversations around gender.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:portmanbro.
Further reading[edit]
- Katherine Connor Martin (2013 October 9) “The rise of the portmanbro”, in OxfordWords, Oxford Dictionaries