<![CDATA[Bromance]]>Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/42067/bromanceRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 10:12:19 GMTWed, 12 Apr 2017 09:40:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:49:21 GMT]]>Noun- An intense and extreme non-sexual bond between two straight males. Said to be a “deep emotional bond” that no woman could satisfy.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109225https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109225Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:49:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:05:03 GMT]]>-noun

A [non-sexual] [relationship] between two men that are unusually close.

-verb -mans-ing

The act of wooing a fellow male friend for the purpose of becoming closer.
Going to unusual lengths in an attempt to become closer with another male friend.

also: Bromancing the Stone

The act of truly and thoroughly enjoying the process of getting and/or being high/stoned.

Provenance/Origin: Bromance is a [portmanteau] of the two words brother and romance. Originally coined by author/editor Dave Carnie in Big Brother Magazine. [Big Brother] was a sort of R rated [skateboarding]/skate culture magazine that was eventually purchased by [Larry Flynt]s [Hustler] [conglomerate] and consequently taken out of [circulation] due to unsatisfactory sales [performance]. Carnie used the word on several occasions to describe relationships between [skate-buddies] who spent a lot of time together and/or shared hotel rooms on every tour/skate [road trip].

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109224https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109224Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:05:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:05:02 GMT]]>when two guys have a very close bond, to the point where they act like a couple, except that they are both straight. Signs of a bromance include, but are not limited to: knowing what the other is thinking, hanging out 27/7, hugging, extensive high-fiving, and sharing clothes. Some famous examples include Sherlock Holmes and Watson, and Captain Kirk and Spock.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85171https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85171Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:05:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:32 GMT]]>What House and Wilson or George Clooney and Brad Pitt have.

Dating back to Plato and Socrates, a close but non-sexual relationship between two men. The whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts.

To girls this means, George Clooney Brad Pitt>George Clooney or Brad Pitt

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85170https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85170Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:32 GMT]]>Bromance

-noun

A strictly non-sexual relationship between two completely heterosexual men that are close and enjoy eachothers company but still enjoy the company of women.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85169https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85169Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:34:04 GMT]]>(N) The intense complicated love shared between two heterosexual males that consists of but not limited to wrestling, numerous man-dates, and tons of other stories that will only remain between the two.
Also a form of male bonding to such a point where they start to seem like a couple.
This bond is normally only shared between two males that have a deeper understanding of each other, in a way no woman could ever realize.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85168https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85168Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:34:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT]]>a highly formed friendship between male friends, or bros.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85167https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85167Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT]]>The relationship between two straight guys. They enjoy each others company and even though they may constantly joke about being gay they are not.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85166https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85166Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT]]>A close relationship between two bros to such a point where they start to seem like a couple.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85165https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85165Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bromance on Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:05:02 GMT]]>-noun

A [non-sexual] [relationship] between two men that are unusually close.

-verb -mans-ing

The act of wooing a fellow male friend for the purpose of becoming closer.
Going to unusual lengths in an attempt to become closer with another male friend.

also: Bromancing the Stone

The act of truly and thoroughly enjoying the process of getting and/or being high/stoned.

Provenance/Origin: Bromance is a [portmanteau] of the two words brother and romance. Originally coined by author/editor Dave Carnie in Big Brother Magazine. [Big Brother] was a sort of R rated [skateboarding]/skate culture magazine that was eventually purchased by [Larry Flynt]s [Hustler] [conglomerate] and consequently taken out of [circulation] due to unsatisfactory sales [performance]. Carnie used the word on several occasions to describe relationships between [skate-buddies] who spent a lot of time together and/or shared hotel rooms on every tour/skate [road trip].

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85164https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/85164Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:05:02 GMT