brony
nounUS /ˈbɹoʊni/ · UK /ˈbɹəʊni/
Etymology Blend of bro + pony, the earliest documented use dates to October 25th, 2010 on the 4chan image boards.
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Lifestyle Slang A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, typically an adult male.
- But Sethisto thinks that for him and his fellow bronies, the show has "evolved way past being just another 22-minute commercial. They gave the team enough freedom to really make it awesome."2011 September 7, Jaime Weinman, “Men who love ‘My Little Pony’”, in Maclean's, →ISSN:
- Antonyms
- anti-brony
- Derived terms
- bronyism, bronyspeak