Meanings
bruh1
plural bruhs
- alternativeslangAlternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”).
Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick) I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh / Abra-abracadabra / (And for my last trick, poof) Just like that and I'm back, bruh
2024, Eminem, “Houdini”, in The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
alternative bru · alternative breh · alternative bryh
- slangExpressing amazement or shock.
You're moving to Greenland? Bruh!
- slangExpressing a feeling that something is stupid, inappropriate, useless or even weird to say, think or do.
Person 1: I poured canola oil into my car engine! Person 2: Bruh.
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Person 1: I think the word partisan derives from how they parted their hair. Person 2: Bruh.
- slangExpressing disappointment.
Person 1: Your favorite show got cancelled! Person 2: Bruh.
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Person 1: I just ate your dinner. Person 2: Seriously, bruh.
bruh2
plural bruhs
- obsoleteThe rhesus macaque.
[…] in adolescence, and still more in youth, it is no less certain that the bruh is both good-natured and intelligent.
1838, James Rennie, The Natural History of Monkeys, Opossums and Lemurs
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
bruh · noun, interjection
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Clipping of brother originating in African-American Vernacular English. Predates, but perhaps influenced, other slang clippings spelled with -h. This is a phonetic clipping: /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ → /bɹʌ/. Contrast bro, which is a clipping of the spelling of brother rather than the pronunciation.
Full word history & related roots →bruh · noun
- Malayberuk
- Malayberuk
- Englishbruh
Borrowed from Malay beruk.
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Spanish total
- totalamazement or shock
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bruh
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Cite this entry
bruh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bruh
“bruh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bruh. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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