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>Would there be confusion? No, but it would be unusual. You don't hear people using a term like "crypto brothers", for instance. "Bro" carries a different conn
by noarchy 3y ago
>Would there be confusion?
No, but it would be unusual. You don't hear people using a term like "crypto brothers", for instance. "Bro" carries a different connotation, and it isn't a positive one in this example.
I don't think it is simply an abbreviation in this case.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoIn this example, do you think the speaker of the quote was using it in a negative connotation? I think it's pretty clear that that is not the case.
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- hunter2_ 3y agoPrecisely. The speaker might happen to be "a bro" in the derogatory sense of the word (especially given involvement in an activity that may have a significant population of those people), but that's fairly distinct from simply calling someone "bro" as used in this quote. But I do say "fairly" because bros (in the derogatory sense) probably also call each other "bro" (in the sense that someone is close like a brother) at a rate that exceeds baseline. That elevated rate is probably pertinent to the etymology of the derogatory sense, come to think of it.