United Statesbro
noun · Informal
Brother; a male friend, or any man in direct address.
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Use with care
United States
American Slang for Greetings & Address
3 American slang terms for greetings & address, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
How people open a conversation and what they call each other. These terms carry the most social information of any slang category: one wrong choice marks you as an outsider, or worse, as rude.
dude
noun, interjection · Colloquial
A man; a guy. Increasingly used regardless of gender in direct address.
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y'all
noun · Colloquial
You, plural. Fills a genuine gap in standard English, which lost its second-person plural, and has spread far beyond the South for exactly that reason.
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