The 90s was a way better place to live than now. It wasnt a competition to see who could be offended by the least. Society is not getting better. Its getting worse.
I believe the dictionary is quoting a book with its rape line, which was easily the most objectionable part of the whole entry. I suspect they were using the quote to highlight an early recorded use of the word bro. The book they were quoting, Tahuri, was written by a Maori cultural activist and LGBTI campaigner.That's as far down the rabbit hole as I went before realising this story, and its resultant outrage, was not all that it seems. I'm happy to be shown I'm wrong with any of the info I've found.
God this man loves his soapbox huh. Want to be outraged by the 90's Joel? Try definitions for those with disabilities.
That 1997 definition of bro is so ridiculous you have to question its authenticity.
Also loves reminding everyone he is learning te reo, on the kapiti coast no less, he's amazing
I definitely didnt think bro meant that back in the 90s.
One more on the band wagon . Filling up fast get on now before it's full .
Does it matter now in 2018 ?
Yet we still haven't learned to laugh at ourselves, it's history, have a laugh and move on.
Bro, short for brother
The description of bro pales in comparison to what people with disabilities were described as not so long ago in dictionary, linguistic or medical. Time have changed, move on!
That is exactly where the word came from. Gangs, the brotherhood they hold dear, brother is shortened to Bro. It was made popular by the wanna be gangstas, young kids whos older brothers or dads were in gangs, they would use it at school, wear the colours make the hand signs, even if they had no idea what it meant.So, get off ya Its my right to be offended high horse and look at the facts. It might be more widely used and accepted now, but its origins are as stated.
M8 you are worse than a newly reformed smoker bleating on about how everyone should change their way just because you have.
If this is the best article we have to lead on a Monday with, Its going to be a long week
I am looking through all my dictionaries and can't find this. You sure you aren't looking at the urban dictionary Joel? Some really disgraceful doozies for the disabled in here though.
And the point of this article is..??
My Maori friends always have and will call me and others Bro or Cuz. Its not racist, its an informal term for friends!
Unmmmm...I use bro have for earlier than 90's. I didn't cringe at its description in Joel's article. Because I like probably all Kiwis used bro without knowing a dictionary definition of it to that degree. It's pointless cringing when the only describer of it was the dictionary suggesting the dictionary definition was ilrelavent.
So you state that a dictionary in the 90's gives a racist explanation for the word ˜bro', but don't print the actual definition, so that we can make up our own minds. Not that I really care, but could it be that your, probably loose interpretation, is simply an attempt to push your own agenda and that by printing the actual wording so people could see what you're talking about, your argument would fall over.
The 90s was a way better place to live than now. It wasnt a competition to see who could be offended by the least. Society is not getting better. Its getting worse.
I believe the dictionary is quoting a book with its rape line, which was easily the most objectionable part of the whole entry. I suspect they were using the quote to highlight an early recorded use of the word bro. The book they were quoting, Tahuri, was written by a Maori cultural activist and LGBTI campaigner.That's as far down the rabbit hole as I went before realising this story, and its resultant outrage, was not all that it seems. I'm happy to be shown I'm wrong with any of the info I've found.
God this man loves his soapbox huh. Want to be outraged by the 90's Joel? Try definitions for those with disabilities.
That 1997 definition of bro is so ridiculous you have to question its authenticity.
Also loves reminding everyone he is learning te reo, on the kapiti coast no less, he's amazing
I definitely didnt think bro meant that back in the 90s.
One more on the band wagon . Filling up fast get on now before it's full .
Does it matter now in 2018 ?
Yet we still haven't learned to laugh at ourselves, it's history, have a laugh and move on.
Bro, short for brother
The description of bro pales in comparison to what people with disabilities were described as not so long ago in dictionary, linguistic or medical. Time have changed, move on!
That is exactly where the word came from. Gangs, the brotherhood they hold dear, brother is shortened to Bro. It was made popular by the wanna be gangstas, young kids whos older brothers or dads were in gangs, they would use it at school, wear the colours make the hand signs, even if they had no idea what it meant.So, get off ya Its my right to be offended high horse and look at the facts. It might be more widely used and accepted now, but its origins are as stated.
M8 you are worse than a newly reformed smoker bleating on about how everyone should change their way just because you have.
If this is the best article we have to lead on a Monday with, Its going to be a long week
I am looking through all my dictionaries and can't find this. You sure you aren't looking at the urban dictionary Joel? Some really disgraceful doozies for the disabled in here though.
And the point of this article is..??
My Maori friends always have and will call me and others Bro or Cuz. Its not racist, its an informal term for friends!
Unmmmm...I use bro have for earlier than 90's. I didn't cringe at its description in Joel's article. Because I like probably all Kiwis used bro without knowing a dictionary definition of it to that degree. It's pointless cringing when the only describer of it was the dictionary suggesting the dictionary definition was ilrelavent.
So you state that a dictionary in the 90's gives a racist explanation for the word ˜bro', but don't print the actual definition, so that we can make up our own minds. Not that I really care, but could it be that your, probably loose interpretation, is simply an attempt to push your own agenda and that by printing the actual wording so people could see what you're talking about, your argument would fall over.
The nineties were awesome, how cheap was petrol?