[Ads-l] Possible Antedating of "Bromance"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The 1976 "Miracle Bromance" is unquestionably a typo.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Re: Possible Antedating of "Bromance"

A horse named "Miracle Bromance" ran at Foxboro on 9/14/1976 (per the Quincy MA Patriot Ledger​ 9/15/1976, p 33.)

There are several back issues of Big Brother here:
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I paged through a couple and didn't find "bromance".



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The OED's earliest citation for the word "bromance" is dated 2001.  According to Wikipedia, "Dave Carnie<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDave_Carnie&data=05%7C02%7Cfred.shapiro%40YALE.EDU%7Cabdcd03004294e2ac2d708dc768a2358%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638515582882803116%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bfgeZyVfE6YONknBLUbjwxf85Gu4qrc3KmLO6q2TPlw%3D&reserved=0<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Carnie>> is credited with coining the term as editor of the skateboard magazine Big Brother<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBig_Brother_&data=05%7C02%7Cfred.shapiro%40YALE.EDU%7Cabdcd03004294e2ac2d708dc768a2358%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638515582882807755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KLqiwmT9PosFvSf9GugxCxJHiEiRSbi2smOFJGXb5M8%3D&reserved=0(magazine<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_>)> 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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