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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" /> | 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 == | ||