Top 10 Words That Need To Die, Immediately

10. Bromance

Origin: A portmanteau of the words brother and romance, created in the 1990s by Dave Carnie (editor of the skateboard magazine Big Brother) to describe the relationships that develop between male skaters.

Why it sucks: The word bromance exists so two guys can be friends without being accused of wanting to touch each other’s junk. It’s not homophobia, but it’s close. Maybe I’m a little European in my thinking, but two guys should be able to be friends without having to create some sort of no-homo shield around it. Also, portmanteaus are generally obnoxious. Putting two words together to create a new word is not a unique, creative skill. It’s lazy kitsch. 

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  3. eldinire said: is the opposite of “alienating” “lienating”?
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  8. kingdom-of-shamballa said: Don’t agree, the word is funny, bromance, give the brothers a chance to be friends without the shallow people having the need to thrash them and it gives dudes the chance to behave like girlfriends do, do guys need an excuse like this……..
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    Whoever wrote this got it wrong. Bromance might not be the most creative word but it has nothing, NOTHING to do with...
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