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Please google the term "brogrammer". You are defending the post (or playing devil's advocate) by implying a meaning that is not really the currently held infer

Please google the term "brogrammer". You are defending the post (or playing devil's advocate) by implying a meaning that is not really the currently held inferred meaning. (As far as I'm aware.)

Dylan16807 15y ago
Explain. I can't find any definition of "brogrammer" that isn't a portmanteau of "bro" and "programmer". And "bro" is not a gender-specific term any more than "milkman".
- mikeryan 15y ago
  Seriously? The third google result for "brogrammer" is this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer
  - Dylan16807 15y ago
    1. Programmer who...frat boy...calling everybody "bro" 2. A programmer who looks like, acts like, or is a bro. 3. A popular, cool, or otherwise normal person who has become intrigued by the fun of programming. 4. a bro who somehow learned to program All of these seem to agree with what I said about it being bro + programmer and not itself about gender.
    - mikeryan 15y ago
      All of these seem to agree with what I said about it being bro + programmer and not itself about gender. Try looking up the term "bro" on there http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. An alpha male idiot. a usually white young male Stupid white trash guys in the 909 with lifted trucks, wife beaters, shitty music
      - Dylan16807 15y ago
        I don't know what to say about urban dictionary. There seem to be at least three distinct insulting stereotypes in addition to the definition that's close to 'buddy'.
- felideon 15y ago
  The first five results (including twitter, as jgrahamc mentioned) should give you an idea.
- sciurus 15y ago
  http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom... The first piece of advice is "Attire: Polo, tight so the chicks can see how defined your muscles are".
- sciurus 15y ago
  http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom... The first piece of advice is "Attire: Polo, tight so the chicks can see how defined your muscles are".
- banane 15y ago
  My understanding is that it came from Facebook's core of post-collegiate boy programmers.
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bbrizzi 15y ago
Ah, I didn't know it was a "thing". Looking it up comforts the idea that the post is silly and childish. I was indeed playing devil's advocate: it's not because the ad is clumsily worded that its author's intent was to exclude females.

Please google the term "brogrammer". You are defending the post (or playing devil's advocate) by implying a meaning that is not really the currently held inferred meaning. (As far as I'm aware.)

Dylan16807 15y ago

Explain. I can't find any definition of "brogrammer" that isn't a portmanteau of "bro" and "programmer". And "bro" is not a gender-specific term any more than "milkman".

mikeryan 15y ago
Seriously? The third google result for "brogrammer" is this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer
- Dylan16807 15y ago
  1. Programmer who...frat boy...calling everybody "bro" 2. A programmer who looks like, acts like, or is a bro. 3. A popular, cool, or otherwise normal person who has become intrigued by the fun of programming. 4. a bro who somehow learned to program All of these seem to agree with what I said about it being bro + programmer and not itself about gender.
  - mikeryan 15y ago
    All of these seem to agree with what I said about it being bro + programmer and not itself about gender. Try looking up the term "bro" on there http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties. An alpha male idiot. a usually white young male Stupid white trash guys in the 909 with lifted trucks, wife beaters, shitty music
    - Dylan16807 15y ago
      I don't know what to say about urban dictionary. There seem to be at least three distinct insulting stereotypes in addition to the definition that's close to 'buddy'.
felideon 15y ago
The first five results (including twitter, as jgrahamc mentioned) should give you an idea.
sciurus 15y ago
http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom... The first piece of advice is "Attire: Polo, tight so the chicks can see how defined your muscles are".
sciurus 15y ago
http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom... The first piece of advice is "Attire: Polo, tight so the chicks can see how defined your muscles are".
banane 15y ago
My understanding is that it came from Facebook's core of post-collegiate boy programmers.

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bbrizzi 15y ago

Ah, I didn't know it was a "thing". Looking it up comforts the idea that the post is silly and childish. I was indeed playing devil's advocate: it's not because the ad is clumsily worded that its author's intent was to exclude females.