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Brodie

//bɹoʊdi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland, the location of Brodie Castle (OS grid ref NH9757).
Noun
  1. 1
    A close male friend, or a man deserving of respect; a bro. Internet
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of brody (“automobile stunt”). alt-of, alternative, rare
  3. 3
    A suicidal leap. US, informal

    ""We don't believe this bird took a Brodie," Bruckman told them. "He wouldn't know the meaning of remorse, and he's not the suicidal type. […]"

  4. 4
    Alternative spelling of Brodie (“a suicidal leap, or risky chance taken”). alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    A risky enterprise; a chance taken. US, broadly, figuratively, informal

    "August Marien took a brodie (any one is apt to) by getting married last month."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bro or broski, shortening of brother.

Etymology 2

Scottish habitational surname of uncertain meaning. Probably of Pictish or Gaelic origin. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are: * "ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word broth; * "muddy place", from the Gaelic word brothach; * "a point", "a spot", or "level piece of land", from the Gaelic word Brodha; * or originated from the Pict name Brude, Bruid or Bridei from King Bridei of the Picts.

Etymology 3

Named after Steve Brodie (1861–1901), who made a disputed claim to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived.

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