bromancen.
/ˈbrəʊmans/, U.S. /ˈbroʊˌmæns/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Intimate and affectionate friendship between men; a relationship between two men which is characterized by this. Also: a film focusing on such a relationship; cf. buddy movie n. at buddy n. Compounds.
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2001 TransWorld Surf Apr. 40 Bromance—Romance between bros. Example: ‘It looks like there's a bit of bromance between Ryan and Matt.’
2004 S. Elliott Looking Forward to It 256 Activities that might be construed as bromance include sharing ATM passwords, setting aside large chunks of time for each other without specific plans, comforting each other when one party feels insecure, reading in each other's company.
2007 Guardian 20 Sept. (G2 section) 29/3 Critic Richard Corliss has outed Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow's film as a ‘bromance’.
2009 New Yorker 22 June 18/3 The movie's episodic nature is not perfect but what makes this bromance work is the performers' contagious camaraderie.
2012 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Nov. b1 I can't help but wonder what is motivating Christie to spark up a bromance with the president a week before the election.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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