bruh

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See also: brüh

English

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

A shortening of brother from African-American Vernacular English

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɹʌ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
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Noun

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bruh (plural bruhs)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of bro (male comrade or friend)
Derived terms
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Interjection

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bruh

  1. (slang) Expressing amazement or shock.
    • 2024, Eminem (lyrics and music), “Houdini”, in The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce):
      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
    You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
  2. (slang) Expressing a feeling that something is an exceptionally stupid or inappropriate thing to think or to do.
    Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine!
    Person 2: Bruh.
    Person 1: I think the word partisan derives from how they parted their hair.
    Person 2: Bruh.
  3. (slang) Expressing disappointment.
    Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled!
    Person 2: Bruh.
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: bủh (eye dialect)

Etymology 2

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From Malay beruk.

Noun

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bruh (plural bruhs)

  1. (archaic) The rhesus macaque.
    • 1838, James Rennie, The Natural History of Monkeys, Opossums and Lemurs:
      [] in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *břuxъ (belly).

Noun

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brȕh m (Cyrillic spelling бру̏х)

  1. (regional, Croatia) hernia
  2. (regional, Croatia) belly