Brah

Brah is one of the more annoying words that I've been hearing only recently (the last year or so). I'm going to defer to someone else's definition in Urban Dictionary, because it's good:

"This is the slang term for "bro" which is slang for brother...a slang inside a slang...THIS ORIGINATED IN THE STATE OF HAWAII!...It is the Pigeon (English-Hawaiian slang) word that is used statewide in Hawaii not only by surfers but by all people born and raised in Hawaii of all racial groups."
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It's nice to have a history of the word...but it still sounds SO STUPID when your average white Denver boy starts using it. Plus it always leads to more bastardization of the word, like "bromance". God help me if I have to hear that word ever again...