English

Noun

bro hug ‎(plural bro hugs)

1. Alternative form of bro-hug
   • 2000 September 6, Waro, “Re: Vermort-5”, in rec.motorcycles.harley, Usenet, retrieved 2016-03-23, message-ID <srbshva2ljn176@corp.supernews.com>:

     Rich...if you got out behind that computer terminal and went out to the meets I don't think they would pound the **** out of you. They would probably give you one of those big bro hugs and tell you your a funny guy.

   • 2010, Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever, HarperCollins (2010), ISBN 0062039741, page 131:

     Before I can say Usher's name, the crowd catches sight of him coming out on stage behind me. The place goes bananas. Usher gives me a sideways bro hug.

   • 2013, Heather Burch, Avenger, Zondervan (2013), ISBN 9780310728252, unnumbered page:

     Two seconds later, the two guys were in one of those slap-on-the-back bro hugs.

   • 2014, Lisa Desrochers, A Little Too Hot, HarperCollins (2014), ISBN 9780062299055, unnumbered page:

     We weave our way around the mezzanine to the DJ booth, and Jonathan gives Big Pete a bro hug: two sharp claps on the back, then break.