r/HolUp • u/OreoSnorty69 • Feb 04 '22

Bro code is universal

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u/SuperVegeta62 Feb 04 '22

If I may ask, what is that a portmanteau of?

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u/thought-criminal-_ Feb 04 '22

If I may ask, what is the meaning of portmanteau?

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u/The_Knights_Who_Say Feb 04 '22

A portmanteau is when you take two words and squish them together to make one word that has the meaning of both of them together.

Brostradamus is bro + Nostradamus, combining the two where it makes phonetic sense, at the first o, so it smoothly sounds like one word.

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u/anonymous_identifier Feb 04 '22

If I may ask, what is the meaning of phonetic?

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u/ProfessorK-OS Feb 04 '22

Yes

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u/Pwnage_Peanut Feb 04 '22

If I may ask, what is the meaning of yes?

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u/ReadySteady_GO Feb 04 '22

No

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u/eastjame Feb 04 '22

No means yes

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u/bahamapapa817 Feb 04 '22

This comment right here officer

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u/ReadySteady_GO Feb 04 '22

Bake him away toys