"brony" meaning in English

See brony in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹoʊni/ [General-American], /ˈbɹəʊni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: bronies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: Blend of bro + pony, the earliest documented use dates to the 25th of October 2010 on the 4chan image boards. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|bro|pony}} Blend of bro + pony Head templates: {{en-noun}} brony (plural bronies)
  1. (fandom slang) A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult male. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people), Male, My Little Pony Derived forms: bronyism, bronyspeak Coordinate_terms: bronydom, pegasister (english: female fan), MLP fan, pony fan, clop, clopper Translations (fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic): ব্রনি (broni) (Bengali), 小馬迷 /小马迷 (xiǎo mǎ mí) (Chinese), brony [masculine] (French), બ્રોનિ (broni) (Gujarati), ब्रोनि (broni) (Hindi), ブロニー (Japanese), brony (Malay), брони (broni) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bronydom"
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        {
          "english": "female fan",
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        },
        {
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        {
          "word": "pony fan"
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          "ref": "2011 September 7, Jaime Weinman, “Men who love ‘My Little Pony’”, in Maclean's, →ISSN:",
          "text": "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.\"",
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        "(fandom slang) A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult male."
      ],
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          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "ব্রনি"
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          "roman": "xiǎo mǎ mí",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "小馬迷 /小马迷"
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          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
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          "word": "brony"
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          "roman": "broni",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "બ્રોનિ"
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          "roman": "broni",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "ब्रोनि"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "ブロニー"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "word": "brony"
        },
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          "roman": "broni",
          "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "брони"
        }
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        "General-American"
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    {
      "english": "female fan",
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    {
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    {
      "word": "pony fan"
    },
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      "word": "clop"
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      "word": "bronyism"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "broni",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "ব্রনি"
    },
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "xiǎo mǎ mí",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "小馬迷 /小马迷"
    },
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      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "brony"
    },
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      "roman": "broni",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "બ્રોનિ"
    },
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      "roman": "broni",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "ब्रोनि"
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      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "ブロニー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "brony"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "broni",
      "sense": "fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брони"
    }
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}

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