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PREPORIOUS DOUCHEBAGIUM
"Preppy Douchebag"
Pickup line: "You would look good sunbathing at my Nantucket summer cottage."
Found: Ivy League campuses, smoking clubs, Rugby stores
Wears: Polo shirts, boating shoes, suits at inappropriate times
Thrives on: "Intellectual" discussions, purebred dogs, wine coolers
Weakness: Actually intellectual discussions.

FRATERNITORUS DOUCHEBAGIUM
"Frat Bro Douchebag"
Pickup line: "I made this drink for you."
Found: Beer pong championships, The Game, not lectures
Wears: College apparel, Birkenstocks with socks, puca shell necklaces
Thrives on: Natty Ice, cold pizza, the blood of sorority freshmen
Weakness: Correct spelling and grammar.
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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:2137237"><img src="http://8.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/0/a/collegehumor.5acc24905249c461d51032da3fb7ee6a.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-11-10 15:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:2137237">Emily</a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 71 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1747492 Bro Logic Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:49:14 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1747492 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>
At some point in the 90's, the word "dude" became a ubiquitous signifier of masculine cool. And then it was quickly adopted by cool women. Nowadays, only forty-five year old branding consultants in San Diego with ponytails still refer to each other as dude. The word dude has not been uttered on a college campus in at least five years. It has been replaced by something new, and far more insidious: "bro."

Step onto any state college campus, and you'll be greeted with a cacophony of "bros." What does it all mean? The word is robust and has numerous meanings. Among the most well-known:

THE CONDESCENDING BRO
This can be effectively used as a stand-alone ("bro!") or at the end of a sentence. It is used to chastise other males for behavior that the group considers collectively uncool, such as clogging the frat house toilet, hitting on another bro's girlfriend, and so forth.

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]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:1427143"><img src="http://5.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/0/3/collegehumor.c70bb1a083f6901a682012d3125a6a10.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:1427143">Dave Seaman</a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 31 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr />