-noun
1. A non-sexual
relationship between two
men that are unusually close.
-verb -mans-ing
1. The act of wooing a fellow male friend for the purpose of becoming closer.
2. Going to unusual lengths in an attempt to become closer with another male friend.
also: "Bromancing the Stone"
1. The act of truly and thoroughly enjoying the process of getting and/or being
high/stoned.
Provenance/Origin: "Bromance" is a portmanteau of the two
words "brother" and "romance". Originally coined by author/editor
Dave Carnie in "Big Brother Magazine." Big Brother was a sort of
R rated skateboarding/skate culture magazine that was eventually purchased by Larry Flynt's Hustler conglomerate and consequently taken out of circulation due to unsatisfactory sales performance. Carnie used the word on several occasions to describe relationships between skate-buddies who spent a lot of
time together and/or shared hotel rooms on every tour/skate road trip.
-As a noun: "
Dude, those two guys spend so much
time together. They are having quite the bromance."
-As a verb: "Andy has been treating Victor to every meal and cover charge for a month now. It's obvious that he is trying to bromance him."
-Bromancing the stone: "That Pete Doherty
guy is definitely bromancing the stone!"