bruh

See also: brüh

English

Etymology 1

From Malay beruk.

Noun

bruh (plural bruhs)

  1. (archaic) The rhesus macaque.
    • 1838, James Rennie, The Natural History of Monkeys, Opossums and Lemurs:
      […] in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.

Etymology 2
PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

A shortening of brother from African-American Vernacular English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹʌ/, /bɚ/
  • Audio (USA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌ

Noun

bruh (plural bruhs)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”)
Derived terms

Interjection

bruh

  1. (slang) Expressing amazement or shock.
    You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
  2. (slang) Expressing a feeling that something is an exceptionally stupid or inappropriate thing to think or to do.
    Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine!
    Person 2: Bruh.
    Person 1: I think the word partisan derives from how they parted their hair.
    Person 2: Bruh.
  3. (slang) Expressing disappointment.
    Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled!
    Person 2: Bruh.
    Person 1: Your cat died in a car accident!
    Person 2: Bruh.
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Descendants
  • Vietnamese: bủh (eye dialect)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *břuxъ (“belly”).

Noun

brȕh m

  1. (regional, Croatia) hernia
  2. (regional, Croatia) belly
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