adj. The act of being waaaay to reliant upon one's homies, constantly expecting them to kick down whatever they may have. Be it weed, a product from the place they work (Free shit from Burger King), anything they are eating, money to pay bills, etc.
"Dude, Mike is always broke but he gets kicked down food from Matt who works at McDonalds, Jim who grows his own bud and beers from Kevin @ the brewery."
The converse of beng co-dependent with your significant other. One who is brodependent is able to maintain a relationship with a boyfriend/girlfriend while still making his bros a priority.
"Joseph is great about hanging out with his friends even though he has a new girlfriend"
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”