Entry · catalog no. 1316

brolic

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adjective · northeast · 2026

✓ Verified

Muscular and powerfully built; also tough, aggressive, or ready to throw hands.

“Dude got brolic over the summer — arms like tree trunks.”

Origin & Attribution

New York City, in use by the mid-1990s and carried through East Coast rap.

Region of origin

West

Midwest

N.East

South

The Northeast

northeast · 2026

Spoken by

northeast

$BROLICThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Rising

0 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

12/100

peak cultural energy

Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

2026

in the culture

Recorded here

2026

point of first record

Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.

Hear it spoken

By region — how it actually sounds

@bxgriot

The Bronx, NY

@phillyanne

Philadelphia, PA

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Citations & Sources

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The Notorious B.I.G. — "Long Kiss Goodnight," Life After Death · 1997

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Wiktionary — "brolic," etymology

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