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| − | + | [[File:Brony origin.png|right|thumb|The first known use of the word brony.]] | |
| − | + | '''Brony''' (noun, plural '''bronies''') is a term used to refer to an adult fan of the animated show ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''. It is a portmanteau of the words "bro" and "pony".<ref name="east tennessean 2011">{{Cite news|title=Male audience ponies up ‘Friendship is Magic’|url=http://www.easttennessean.com/male-audience-ponies-up-friendship-is-magic-1.2712832|last=Jones|first=Kasey|date=2011-11-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606042848/http://www.easttennessean.com/male-audience-ponies-up-friendship-is-magic-1.2712832|archivedate=2013-06-06|work=East Tennessean|quote=Brony. The combination of "bro" and "pony," a brony is a self-describing term used to identify males who watch, follow and are fans of the show "My Little Pony."}}</ref> | |
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| + | Whilst commonly used as a collective noun for the fandom as a whole, brony considered by some to refer exclusively to male fans of the series<ref name="east tennessean 2011" /><ref name="barometer 2011">{{Cite news|title=Ponies overachieving, from feminism to 4chan|url=http://www.dailybarometer.com/forum/ponies-overachieving-from-feminism-to-4chan-1.2385283|date=2011-03-10|first=Scott|last=Dennis|work=The Daily Barometer|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095842/http://www.dailybarometer.com/forum/ponies-overachieving-from-feminism-to-4chan-1.2385283|archivedate=2011-08-10|quote=Back in the mystical land of 4chan, as the show's popularity grew, fans on the site began referring to themselves as "/b/ronies" (the /b/ referring to the board) or simply "Bronies" (indicating male fans of the series).}}</ref>, with the female equivalent being a [[pegasister]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Horsing around!|url=https://nypost.com/2012/01/11/horsing-around-5/|last=Tucker|first=Reed|work=[[wikipedia:New York Post|New York Post]]|date=2012-01-11|accessdate=2020-10-04|quote=I’d say 80 percent of my friends are into it,” says the “pegasister,” slang for a female fan.}}</ref> | ||
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| + | == Origin == | ||
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| + | The first known use of the word brony to refer to a fan of the ''Friendship is Magic'' series was on October 25, 2010—two weeks after the show's premiere—where it was coined by an anonymous [[4chan]] user as an alternative to "[[ponybro]]". It is likely that brony became the more popular term as it could be more easily combined with the name of 4chan's random board, [[wikipedia:/b/|/b/]].<ref name="barometer 2011" /> | ||
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| + | The term was semi-canonised when it was used in the [[mlp:Equestria Girls (commercial)|Equestria Girls]] commercial released by [[wikipedia:Discovery Family|The Hub]] in May 2011. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[wiktionary:brony|brony]] on Wiktionary | * [[wiktionary:brony|brony]] on Wiktionary | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||