brolic

English

Etymology

Reportedly coined in reference to the extremely muscular character Broly from the Dragon Ball anime franchise,^[1]^[2] with the suffix -ic. Broly is a transliteration of the Japanese ブロリー (Burorī), itself coined as a pun on the English broccoli, a theme used in the naming of members of the fictional Saiyan alien species (e.g. Vegeta, from vegetable).

Adjective

brolic (comparative more brolic, superlative most brolic)

(African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-developed muscles.
Synonyms: ripped, swole
- 2005, Ca$h, Trust No Man: Loyalty To Those Who Are Loyal, unnumbered page:
  Lonnie and Shotgun Pete had beef with Black Boy, a big brolic drug dealer from Thomasville Heights, the projects up the street from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, not far from Englewood.
- 2013, Allison van Diepen, Street Pharm, page 65:
  He was mad brolic. Since he been in prison, he didn't have nothing else to do but work out.
- 2022, Fat Joe, The Book of Jose, unnumbered page:
  There were twelve brolic security guards lined up against just the two of us. Imagine having to fight a dozen guys who were all the size of a WWE wrestler like The Undertaker.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brolic.

References

^ Philip Ellis, "Here's What It Means When Somebody Is 'Brolic'", Men's Health, 3 July 2020
^ The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It., page 162

[1] Philip Ellis, "Here's What It Means When Somebody Is 'Brolic'", Men's Health, 3 July 2020

[2] The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It., page 162

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