Bro Code
In popular culture, the Bro Code is a friendship
The notion
Early references
The notion of an unwritten set of rules that govern the relationship between straight male friends is present in modern American popular culture at least since 1991. In the Seinfeld episode "The Stranded", which aired on November 27 that year, Jerry Seinfeld says the following monologue, in one of his stand-up bits:
All plans between men are tentative. If one man should suddenly have an opportunity to pursue a woman, it's like these two guys never met each other ever in life. This is the male code'. And it doesn't matter how important the arrangements are ...
— Jerry Seinfeld, in Seinfeld, "The Stranded"[citation needed]
"Bros before hoes"
"Bros before hoes" (that is, "man friends before women") is a well-known, slang expression about how men should not abandon their male friends for women they are interested in. If Daniel S. dibs on a woman; Daniel V. won't proceed to pursue the girl with any sexual intention towards said women. This rule may be broken if said bro in (this case Daniel S.) doesn't do anything to attract said women; the rule may be broken upon the request of the bro pursuing the girl.
The "bros before hoes" expression is often regarded as the "golden rule" of male friendship, and it has been common slang at least since 2001.
The Bro Code
Interpersonal relationships Etiquette | |
Genre | Law |
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Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | October 14, 2008 |
Media type |
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Pages | 208 |
Followed by | Bro on the Go |
Inspired by the notion of Bro Code that they developed in their sitcom,
The Bro Code (As shown in The Bro Code: As seen on CBS's How I Met Your Mother):
"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for Bros to settle a dispute, decent respect to the opinions of the Bro-Kind requires that they should declare the clauses which impel them to argue, Though prudence says it's probably a chick. We hold these truths to be self evident."
-Beginning of "The Bro Code"
See also
- Bro (subculture)
- Bromance
- Gentlemen's agreement
- Man Laws
- What happens on tour, stays on tour
- Wingman (social)
References
- Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the originalon October 9, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "What does bros before hoes mean? bros before hoes Definition. Meaning of bros before hoes". OnlineSlangDictionary.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ a b The Bro Code. ASIN 143911000X.
- ISBN 978-1-4391-1000-3. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
- ^ Ryan, Maureen (July 25, 2008). "Now you can consult 'The Bro Code'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
- ^ Dymond, Greig (March 19, 2009). "It's a guy thing". CBC News. Retrieved November 26, 2013.