bruh

== English == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of brother originating in African-American Vernacular English. Predates, but perhaps influenced, other slang clippings spelled with -h. This is a phonetic clipping: /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ → /bɹʌ/. Contrast bro, which is a clipping of the spelling of brother rather than the pronunciation. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɹʌ/ Rhymes: -ʌ ==== Noun ==== bruh (plural bruhs) (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”). ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Interjection ==== bruh (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Expressing amazement or shock. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Expressing a feeling that something is stupid, inappropriate, useless or even weird to say, think or do. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Expressing disappointment. ===== Alternative forms ===== bru, breh, bryh ===== Translations ===== ==== Synonyms ==== dude bro ==== Derived terms ==== bruh moment bruh girl ==== Descendants ==== → Vietnamese: bủh (eye dialect) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Malay beruk. ==== Noun ==== bruh (plural bruhs) (obsolete) The rhesus macaque. === Anagrams === Buhr, burh == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *břuxъ (“belly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brûx/ === Noun === brȕh m inan (Cyrillic spelling бру̏х) (regional, Croatia; medicine) hernia (regional, Croatia; anatomy) belly