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

  • TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml
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    I’m from the UK. We’ve said it for as long as I can remember, but mate is way more common.

    Edit; amongst numerous others.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      I have fond memories of my elementary school teacher in the 80’s (northeast US) getting absolutely enraged anytime someone in our class said Dude. And she would respond with “frothingfash A DUDE IS THE FIRST HAIR ON AN ELEPHANT’S ASS!” and we loved it. hahaha