bromantic
Americanadjective
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Origin of bromantic
First recorded in 2000–05; bro ( def. ) + (ro)mantic ( def. )
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The franchise may have begun humbly as the brooding bromantic saga of DVD player-stealing L.A. street racers, but it has swelled to increasingly bombastic heights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
Beyond the Kafkaesque ick factor, Dupieux’s latest is also his frothiest, a sunny, tiki-tuned bromantic comedy about dudes with brain sizes comparable to their ward.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
I love the way you guys had a bromantic moment.
From Salon • May 31, 2019
And some are bromantic, as with “Flipper” star Brian Kelly, a friend of Fancher’s who was paralyzed after an accident on one of Fancher’s motorcycles.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2017
The stars of the movie, however, appear not to be the red-suited female guards but Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, whose mismatched pairing as lifeguarding bros will undoubtedly lead to a bromantic finale.
From Time • Dec. 8, 2016
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