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The way words are used gives them their meaning. If "bro" is used differently than "brother" in certain contexts, then they have different meanings in those con
by dwaltrip 3y ago
The way words are used gives them their meaning. If "bro" is used differently than "brother" in certain contexts, then they have different meanings in those contexts.
In my experience, it does have different meanings.
One usage makes me think of: "friend", "close friend", "homie", "my guy", "dude", "someone I trust", etc.
Another usage is: "immature", "douchey", "fake", "asshole", etc
- s1artibartfast 3y agoBut is it actually used differently than brother in this context? Understand that bro also has a pejorative connotation in some context, but that is not the case here. If the quote was "we are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA brother." how is the meaning different? I can see that they have slightly different connotations like thanks versus thank you, but that doesn't mean it it's no longer an abbreviation, which is what the parent poster was claiming
- dwaltrip 3y agoAh, yeah with the company names, I think it is simply an abbreviation for "brothers". A bit of miscommunication.
- hunter2_ 3y agoI think bro is always an abbreviation for brother, but sometimes the act of abbreviating is done to save space (like company names) and sometimes to specifically impart informality/metaphor (like TFA). But that doesn't mean the unabbreviated version can't be used metaphorically as well.
- JohnFen 3y agoI was pointing out that "Bros" in a company name is exactly an abbreviation for "brother". It is, in effect, a different word than "bro" used in slang.
- hunter2_ 3y agoThe usage of [abbreviation for brother, as in company names] is very different than the slang "bro" used to describe undesirable people, but it's not very different than the slang "bro" used in the statement quoted in this tweet -- just literal brothers versus metaphorical brothers.