Everybody’s going bro this and bruh that, but you’re not my brother, dude 😒
It’s not like either word is new but I feel like “bro” and variations like bruh or brah have become way more commonly used in the last decade among younger people as a term of address in contexts where I would have just said dude
I feel dude has kind of taken on the role that “buddy” has/had. More negative, provoking even, sometimes also scolding. Meanwhile bro seems to be a tinge more affectionate. Idk that’s just how I perceive it