[Ads-l] Possible Antedating of "Bromance"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's earliest citation for the word "bromance" is dated 2001.  According to Wikipedia, "Dave Carnie<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Carnie> is credited with coining the term as editor of the skateboard magazine Big Brother<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(magazine)> in the 1990s to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together."  I have not attempted to check on the accuracy or details of the Wikipedia statement.

Fred Shapiro

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