English edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

bro (male comrade or friend) +‎ -ship

Noun edit

broship (plural broships)

  1. (slang, rare) Friendship between males.
    • 2018, Corwyn Gentry, High School Broship, CorwynGentry, →ISBN:
      Corwyn Gentry. High School Broship By: Corwyn Gentry & Anthony Bruno the 14th ( How to properly hang out in high school.) For my mother the best Brah I know! Front Cover.
    • 2018, Eric W. Saeger, Russian Nazi Troll Bots!: The Busy Person’s Guide to How Trump’s Trolls Won the Internet, What’s Ahead, and What You Can Do, Metro Clarion Media, →ISBN:
      ... who gets a little too addicted to the kindred "broship" he gets from MGTOW blogs and subreddits. If you haven't already guessed, the manosphere does have a few female ecelebrities on board, some of whom exhibit confounding behavior, ...
    • 2021, “South ParQ Vaccination Special”, in South Park:
      Cartman: The four of us just seem really different towards each other and we're worried the past year has put a strain to our broship. Kenny was saying he wants to do everything he can to save the broship, and I agree with him.