"Brocatives" (opens in new tab)

Following up on "Bro!", I've discovered a useful coinage from Canada: Matthew Urichuk and Verónica Loureiro-Rodríguez, "Brocatives: Self-reported use of masculine nominal vocatives in Manitoba (Canada)." In It’s not all about you: New perspectives on address research, 2019: This study focuses on nominal vocatives that have been traditionally associated with male speakers and addressees (familiarizers […]