Two male gendered people who share the same parents are called brothers. The word “Bro” is an abbreviation of the word brother and has many meanings to it. These days a “bro” can be a totally random person, your real biological brother, a good friend or a fraternity brother. The word bro clearly comes from the word brother, but the meaning has changed a lot during the years. In the early 1920’s the word bro meant a biological brother or a friend in a religious group(Martin). These days a “bro” can be almost anyone. There is only one strict rule in the usage of bro, a bro can’t be a girl. For girls there is an abbreviation from the word sister, sis. People use the word way more than the word sis and that is why “bro” has way more variety to it. …show more content…
It also has a different meaning back home. Bro’s are only really close friends or family. Bro is a special word back home and is not used a lot whereas here in The University of West Alabama when I walk past a person I’ve never met before I can say to him: ”what’s up bro”. This is normal for the Americans, but if I go and say that to random people back home they would stare at me and just walk away saying nothing. It is clear that the word “bro” has different meanings in different places and also in the United States it has many more meanings than it does in for example