dudebro

[ dood-broh ]

noun

, Slang: Disparaging.

1. a young, usually white male who is perceived as obnoxiously entitled and often prejudiced or narrow-minded:

   If you can’t read the chat, you’re not missing much—unless you like dudebros telling you how the wage gap isn't real.

   I was nervous with this dudebro sitting next to me in class, because I was wearing my shirt with the rainbow flag on it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dudebro¹

First recorded in 2000–05; dude ( def ) + bro ( def )

Example Sentences

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From The Verge

The way that she was manspreading on the subway had such a great masculine, dudebro feel to it.

From Slate

She 100-percent passed as a dudebro.

From Slate

Both hits, especially “Psycho,” turned Post from a left-field rap figure to an improbable pop star, making him a fixture on Top 40 radio, and follow-up hits like “Better Now” extended his melancholy dudebro brand.

From Slate

If you’ve seen an R-rated dudebro comedy in the past decade, you know that a flash of peen is now less an act of subversion than an obligatory trope of the genre, its ability to shock more dependent on timing than the nudity itself.

From Slate