It's not like either word is new but I feel like "bro" and variations like bruh or brah have become way more commonly used in the last decade among younger people as a term of address in contexts where I would have just said dude

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[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 58 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Bro is the singular form of Chat

(I have highschool age kids, trust me chat)

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

oh no

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

This is truly one of the comments of all time

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

Don't like hearing that.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

chat is like 100 year old slang for lice

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

This is, unfortunately, true

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just asked my kid what's the plural of bruh, and they were like, I don't know, 'chat' I guess?