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(pronunciation: brō pä) n. A fuckin' totally douchebag move. Like, maybe you hit on your bro's girl, or smoke all his greens. (cp. Party foul; ORIGIN late 17th cent., French "faux pas" literally "false step"; and abbreviation "Bro." of English "brother" from Old English brōþor, from Proto-Germanic brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.)
Aw! Dude! Bro pas! You totally spilled Nat all on my fuckin' Entourage DVDs!
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bro parking 

-noun
The section of a parking lot, usually towards the rear of the lot, where all the bro trucks park. The vehicles are typically parked with at least 1 empty space between vehicles, on each side. The concept of bro parking is to park your "extreme ride" as far away from other vehicles as possible. This is allegedly done for any number of bro reasons:
1) to draw attention to your bro truck and show it off.
2) to avoid 'door hits' from other vehicles, or hits from shopping carts.
3) because your bro truck is too long to park in a standard space.
4) because your bro truck is too wide to park in a standard space.
5) because you need room for the ladder that it takes to get into your bro truck.
6) because you need room for whatever ridiculous thing you are towing.

Bro Parking is often littered with waste, as bros would rather pollute than keep trash in their precious vehicle until they are near a trash can.

Bro Parking is typically found in areas like the Inland Empire, in Southern California.

See also: bro park (verb) for further information.
"It was a busy day at the shopping center, so we parked way in the back of the lot in the bro parking."
bro parking by brownnipples February 9, 2009

bro park 

verb, -ing, -ed

To poorly and/or arrogantly park a bro truck. This action is exclusive to bros and bro trucks. Typical ways to bro park include:
1) parking in handicapped spaces.
2) parking in loading zones.
3) parking in fire zones.
4) parking in 'no parking' zones.
5) parking against red curb.
6) parking in other pedestrian areas, including up curbs, and on sidewalks.
7) parking in MOVING traffic.
8) parking, literally AT the front door of a store.
9) parking in front of fire hydrants.
10) parking across more than 1 stall.
11) parking at such an angle as to make the adjacent stalls unusable.
12) parking across stalls (sideways in a lengthwise stalls).
13) parking too far forward, taking the opposite stall as well.
14) parking too far forward, blocking (covering) sidewalks.
15) parking at such an angle as to make the greatest possible number of adjacent spaces unusable.
16) parking in any such way that you block access for or to other vehicles.
17) any combination of 1-16 above.

Common bro excuses to bro park include:
1) to draw attention to your bro truck and show it off.
2) to avoid 'door hits' from other vehicles.
3) because your bro truck is too long to park in a standard space.
4) because your bro truck is too wide to park in a standard space.
5) because you need room for the ladder that it takes to get into your bro truck.
6) because you need room for whatever ridiculous thing you are towing.
7) because you're "more important" than everyone else.
8) because you're "just running in" or will "be right back"

In residential areas, bros often bro park with additional items in their parking stalls or attached to their bro trucks. This may include storage trailers, recreational trailers, ORV trailers, or motorcycles. These items take up even MORE stall space, often blocking access for other residents or homeowners.

A common area to see someone Bro Park is in the Inland Empire, in Southern California.

See also: bro parking (noun) for related information.
"The fire department couldn't save the orphanage, because somebody decided to bro park in front of the only fire hydrant"
bro park by brownnipples February 10, 2009

Bro paste 

When your bro needs to take a shit but, there are no bathrooms in site. As a result, you be a bro and let him use your chest.
Bro: Yo my dude, I really need to shit. There's no bathrooms around, though.
You: No probs dude, I'll let you do a bro paste
Bro: You're such a bro
Bro paste by Bro paste official March 3, 2018

Bro Paux 

A violation of the "bros before hos" code.
Dude, I am so sorry I gave your ticket to Mary. That was a total bro paux.
Bro Paux by ruraldictionary2 December 9, 2008

Bro Pass 

A pass given to a female by a male, to be able to call him or other males, the word bro.
Cici: Hey bro.

Tino: Bitch stfu you can’t call me bro cuz you don’t have the bro pass.
Bro Pass by stfu please ty October 17, 2019
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