dude-bro culture
- noun
- /duːd broʊ ˈkʌltʃər/
- Slang
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cultura de tipo
- Many college fraternities have a reputation for promoting dude-bro culture.
Examples
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She found the dude-bro culture at the tech conference off-putting.
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Critics argue that dude-bro culture discourages emotional openness among young men.
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Many young men embrace dude-bro culture at college.
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The dude-bro culture often promotes unhealthy stereotypes.
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Critics argue that dude-bro culture discourages emotional openness among young men.
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Many college fraternities have a reputation for promoting dude-bro culture.
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The dude-bro culture often promotes unhealthy stereotypes about masculinity.
How Masculine
Surface Forms
Morphology
dude-bro + culture
Knowing 'dude' and 'bro' (both informal/slang terms for young men) plus 'culture' will allow a learner to infer this refers to the shared habits or social world of those men, so the broad idea is recoverable. However, the specific connotations—hyper‑masculinity, casual behavior, and slangy register—are pragmatic and culture‑specific and not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Dude-bro culture comes from the slang words dude and bro, words men often use when talking casually with friends. Imagine groups of young men calling each other 'dude' and 'bro' while acting very manly and relaxed, and that's why the phrase means 'an informal, manly group or attitude' today.