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[kerravonsen]

Please, someone explain to me what "bromance" means.

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[feliciakw]

It seems the first time I saw the term, it was describing the friendship between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. (Incidentally, I've also seen the break-up of such a friendship called a "dudevorce.") So as the wiki article notes, it doesn't just apply to fictitious characters. (Nor was it apparently coined by the entertainment/celebrity media. That I did not know.)

I think I've even seen David Tennant and Catherine Tate's friendship described as a "bromance." (It was a first for me to see it applied to a m/f friendship, but the quality of the friendship--very close without being sexual--seems to apply.)

Of course, in my current media interests, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki's bromance is very well-known. They've talked about how they hit it off immediately when they first met, they stood with each other in their weddings, their RL friends observe that they behave as brothers in RL. In a way, they've kind of grown up together on the show (inasmuch as a 26/27-year-old and a 22/23-year-old grow up) and been by each other for some major life changes.