[Ads-l] Antedating of bro and bruh

[Joe Salmons]

Thank you!
Joe

From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Frank Taylor <000025edaf6b3f66-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Subject: Antedating of bro and bruh

I'm looking for early attestations of *bro* and *bruh*. I'm particularly
interested in the earliest usages in both Black communities and other
interest-based communities (e.g.  skateboard communities). The 2005 bio
drama film "Lords of Dogtown," set in the 1970's, contains a bit of
dialogue where *bro* is used as an honorific — but I'm not sure if I can
rely on this. I *believe* that the 1991 film Point Break might contain a
use of *bruh, *but again I don't feel like films are the best place to
start.


Thank you,

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