brogrammer

[broh-gram-er]

noun

Digital Technology Slang.

1. a male computer programmer who is characterized as a bro.

   Brogrammers challenge the geek/nerd stereotype.

Other Word Forms

• brogramming noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brogrammer¹

First recorded in 2005–10; bro (in the sense “a young, preppy male”) + (pro)grammer

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Mariana struggles to cope with her “brogrammer” colleagues, and, being Mariana, she drifts into partying to escape her troubles.

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Dara Khosrowshahi has certainly succeeded in putting a more grown-up face on Uber, but that wasn’t too hard given predecessor Travis Kalanick’s reputation for brogrammer shenanigans and the toxic workplace culture at the company’s San Francisco headquarters.

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Ostensibly it’s to protest Google’s recent firing of a brogrammer after he suggested the lack of women in tech was from “biological causes.”

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The brogrammer priests lead the congregation: "Let us PREY."

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Today Google is under growing scrutiny, and the cognitive dissonance between the outward-facing “Don’t be evil” stance and the internal misogynistic “brogrammer” rhetoric was too extreme.

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