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English
Etymology
Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) + OTP (“one true pairing”).
Noun
BroTP (plural BroTPs)
- (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.