BroTP

English

Alternative forms
  • BrOTP, BROTP, brotp

Etymology

Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) +‎ OTP (“one true pairing”).

Noun

BroTP (plural BroTPs)

  1. (fandom slang) A platonic relationship between two characters that is a personal favorite of a fan.
    • 2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks‎, page 31:
      "Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers are adorbs together as friends, but I'd never ship them — total BROTP."
    • 2016, Bethany A. Scettrini, "Fan Responses to Orphan Black and The 100 via Blogs, Fan Fiction, and Ship Wars", thesis submitted to Baylor University, page 51:
      BROTPs and OT3s (shipping three characters in a polyamorous relationship) abound.
    • 2019, Star, "Fixing What Shouldn't Be Broken", Lemon, page 14:
      Being in a fandom means that we willingly signed on to watch as our—soon-to-be — favorite character(s) die, as we find out our OTP may never truly get to be happy, or that our BroTP will always be at odds.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:BroTP.
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