bromance

[broh-mans, broh-mans]

noun

Informal.

1. a friendship between two men that is close but does not involve sex (usually used facetiously).

Other Word Forms

• bromantic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bromance¹

First recorded in 2000-05; bro + (ro)mance ¹

Example Sentences

Bromance World, Capitalist World and Man-Free World, there’s an option for everyone, even though Man-Free World does come with quite the waiting list.

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To make matters worse, he seemed to be even worse than he was during his first term, his bromance with the world’s richest man offering the most vivid evidence that we were already halfway down the rabbit hole and it was only going to get weirder.

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The former rugby union star, 35, has won over a whole new audience beyond sport thanks to his bromance with comedian Joe Wilkinson, his super-sleuthing, balletic bridge balancing and all-round wit.

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Before their famous bromance, he even explicitly threatened nuclear war with North Korea, tweeting to Kim Jong Un, “I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”

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In last year’s Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” Dylan and Johnny Cash appear together on screen just twice, after a long epistolary bromance.

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