bromance
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of bromance
First recorded in 2000-05; bro + (ro)mance 1
Example Sentences
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CHARAN: Bromance derived from two historic characters, legends.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023
And so there was perhaps a whiff of skepticism that Le Bromance could endure.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
Soon, he would co-found trendsetting label Bromance, a home for his and his contemporaries’ club-ready techno — ever so slightly more subtle and with more soul.
From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2018
The Great Bromance: Cody won’t go on a date with someone who is not Clare, which is an admirable display of single-mindedness.
From Time • Aug. 26, 2014
Thanks in part to the Fairy Tale Bromance, that generation's still-far-fetched dreams of status equality between the social haves and have nots -- between the Camerons and Ferrises -- live on.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2011
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