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(1) is exactly the context of bropages though, which is the topic of this thread, so it definitely exists.
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
(1) is exactly the context of bropages though, which is the topic of this thread, so it definitely exists.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoNo, it isn't. It's a pun on manpages.
- theorique 13y agoWell, that was my question. I'm assuming that this was a double-entendre pun on "man" (short for manual) also meaning "human of male sex", and using a word related to the second meaning to give "bro". It's similar to the situation of how "rake", derived from "ruby-make" gave rise to "hoe", riffing off the meaning of "rake" as a garden tool. It's not clear to me how a woman using the "bro" tool at her computer would somehow be marginalized or excluded. Puns aren't automatically sexist just because they reference some aspect of maleness/femaleness.