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broses

English translation: alternative to bro, brother, broseph, or man. combination of Moses and bro/brother

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English term or phrase:broses
Selected answer:alternative to bro, brother, broseph, or man. combination of Moses and bro/brother
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

14:14 May 31, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / broses
English term or phrase: broses
Yo, yo, fireball! What's your problem, broses?

Someone surrounded by police and he addressing them in a comic show. I reckon fireball for the huge amount of police cars, but I couldn't figure it out what broses stands for!

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 15:55
See explanation below between *** ***
Explanation:
https://subslikescript.com/series/Teen_Titans_Go-2771780/sea...
Teen Titans Go!: Season 5, Episode 17 script | Subs like Scriptsubslikescript.com › season-5 › episode-17-BBRBDAY
The Titans time travel back to the 1980s to determine whether or not it was the best ...

- Yo, I gots to report a noise violation.
- A what?
Yo, yo, fireball!
What's your problem, **broses?**
Party's over.

I'm just trying to have
a good time!

Whoa!

Sorry I ruined your
party again, Beast Boy.



https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brosé (but this does not seem to fit within your context)
3 Broses
He who is without equal; paragon of perfection, criterion of crunk, whose power and intellect is beyond our ability to fathom or recognize.



I believe the one that is most applicable is this one:
https://urbanthesaurus.org/synonyms/bro-life
***alternative to bro, brother, broseph, or man. combination of moses and bro/brother, evolved from the standard biblical companionship term broseph***

Definitions from Urban Dictionary API.



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Note added at 2 days 20 hrs (2020-06-03 10:54:07 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks.
Selected response from:

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 14:55
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +2bros
Katya Kesten
3 +2brothers
Clauwolf
2 +1See explanation below between *** ***
Taña Dalglish


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bros


Explanation:
I believe it's something like brosefs (buddies, bros).

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Note added at 6 mins (2020-05-31 14:20:53 GMT)
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You wouldn't normally pluralize brosef, so maybe that's why he altered it. Or it's a combo of bro and boss(slang).


    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brosef
Katya Kesten
Local time: 14:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: what else?/ the working link https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brosé
16 mins
agree  airmailrpl: bros
20 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
brothers


Explanation:
:)
Prose written for bros

Clauwolf
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Bros is already plural, and he's adding another plural suffix for humorous effect. That's my opinion.
6 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  airmailrpl: brothers
20 hrs
  -> obrigado
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
See explanation below between *** ***


Explanation:
https://subslikescript.com/series/Teen_Titans_Go-2771780/sea...
Teen Titans Go!: Season 5, Episode 17 script | Subs like Scriptsubslikescript.com › season-5 › episode-17-BBRBDAY
The Titans time travel back to the 1980s to determine whether or not it was the best ...

- Yo, I gots to report a noise violation.
- A what?
Yo, yo, fireball!
What's your problem, **broses?**
Party's over.

I'm just trying to have
a good time!

Whoa!

Sorry I ruined your
party again, Beast Boy.



https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brosé (but this does not seem to fit within your context)
3 Broses
He who is without equal; paragon of perfection, criterion of crunk, whose power and intellect is beyond our ability to fathom or recognize.



I believe the one that is most applicable is this one:
https://urbanthesaurus.org/synonyms/bro-life
***alternative to bro, brother, broseph, or man. combination of moses and bro/brother, evolved from the standard biblical companionship term broseph***

Definitions from Urban Dictionary API.



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Note added at 2 days 20 hrs (2020-06-03 10:54:07 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

Thanks.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 14:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
Notes to answerer
Asker: That's exactly what I want. Thanks a lot.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: It is simply one way of writing the plural of 'bro', perhaps to emphasize the collective nature of this particular plural
45 mins
  -> Thank you.
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