Brony
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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".[1]
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[1][2], with the female equivalent being a pegasister.[3]
Origin[edit | edit source]
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, /b/.[2]
The term was semi-canonised when it was used in the Equestria Girls commercial released by The Hub in May 2011.
See also[edit | edit source]
- brony on Wiktionary
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, Kasey. “Male audience ponies up ‘Friendship is Magic’” (November 20, 2011). East Tennessean. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. “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."”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dennis, Scott. “Ponies overachieving, from feminism to 4chan” (March 10, 2011). The Daily Barometer. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. “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).”
- ↑ Tucker, Reed. “Horsing around!” (January 11, 2012). New York Post. Retrieved on October 4, 2020. “I’d say 80 percent of my friends are into it,” says the “pegasister,” slang for a female fan.”