bruh

See also: brüh

English

Etymology 1

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

A shortening of brother from African-American Vernacular English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹʌ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌ

Noun

bruh (plural bruhs)

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

Derived terms

• bruh girl

 

Interjection

bruh

1. (slang) Expressing amazement or shock.
   • 2024, Eminem (lyrics and music), “Houdini”, in The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce):

     Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick) I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh / Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick, poof) Just like that and I'm back, bruh

   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.

Alternative forms

• bro, broh, brah, bra, bru, breh

Synonyms

• dude

Derived terms

• bruh moment
• bruh girl

Descendants

• Vietnamese: bủh (eye dialect)

Etymology 2

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.

Anagrams

• Buhr, burh

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

brȕh m (Cyrillic spelling бру̏х)

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