Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brolic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brolic
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having large, well-developed muscles.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Lonnie and Shotgun Pete had beef with Black Boy, a big brolic drug dealer from Thomasville Heights, the projects up the street from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, not far from Englewood."
"He was mad brolic. Since he been in prison, he didn't have nothing else to do but work out."
"There were twelve brolic security guards lined up against just the two of us. Imagine having to fight a dozen guys who were all the size of a WWE wrestler like The Undertaker."

Etymology

Reportedly coined in reference to the extremely muscular character Broly from the Dragon Ball anime franchise, with the suffix -ic. Broly is a transliteration of the Japanese ブロリー (Burorī), itself coined as a pun on the English broccoli, a theme used in the naming of members of the fictional Saiyan alien species (e.g. Vegeta, from vegetable).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ic

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more brolic (comparative) most brolic (superlative)

Synonyms

ripped swole

Questions

What does brolic mean?: Having large, well-developed muscles.
Where does brolic come from?: Reportedly coined in reference to the extremely muscular character Broly from the Dragon Ball anime franchise, with the suffix -ic. Broly is a transliteration of the Japanese ブロリー (Burorī), itself coined as a pun on the English broccoli, a theme used in the naming of members of the fictional Saiyan alien species (e.g. Vegeta, from vegetable).

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