My thread.. its crummmmblliinggggg... my precssiioussss....
Stop bickering!
That aside, my SO and I have come to agreement that "Bros before SOs" is perfectly acceptable for me to say, because its just as much a catch phrase without being offensive.
As far the "it's a rhyme for the ease-of-use" option I provided, the position behind that stems from this "youth culture" that many of you are seperated from -- which is not necessarily a bad thing.
"Bros before hos", whether locally or nationally, is used by teens alike, and I've even heard it perpetuated by
quality media like MTV. It would be nearly impossible for me to say "Man.. bros before hos" to a male compatriot in my age demographic and have it misunderstood. So the argument was seemingly that it only gained popularity and thus maintained meaning because it is a popular "catchy" phrase. Removing the rhyming scheme and saying a more PC phrase, like "Longterm friends before the sexually-permiscuous girl that you are with" would be both inconvenient and unncessary. It might even be misunderstood. The advantage of adoption into trendy-slang increases your likelihood of being understood by your peers, but also misunderstood by other groups of people. "What do you figger, nigger" obviously doesn't have this large exposure, and would be considered by the whole to be offensive. I personally voted for that option, because I beleive "ho" was used just becuase it rhymed and was easier to remember than "Bros before girls" or something of a simliar nature.
"Bros before SO's" is close enough to the rhyming scheme to not be misunderstood by my undereducated demographic, without objectifying or labeling women, so I've chose it as a nice middle ground.
thx emotional20.
