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Re:Be nice to nerds by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:25PM (#12130786)
By "word", I presume you mean "brogrammer".

Do you have a less inflammatory definition? (I would claim that my definition is true to the current connotation of the word, even if not the current denotation.)

Re:Be nice to nerds by iak8god on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:48PM (#12130957)
I've never seen/heard a non-derogatory use of "brogrammer" -- maybe gkilmain will enlighten us with some use I'm not aware of (has it already been reclaimed by brogrammers making in-group use of the term?), but the connotations are overwhelmingly negative: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer
Re:Be nice to nerds by johan_larson on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:15PM (#12131661)
I would define brogrammer as a programmer who acts like a (stereotypical) frat-boy.

You know, living to party, acting up in boorish ways.

Re:Be nice to nerds by gkilmain on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:51PM (#12130995)
Yes. Remove everything after the word smart and add "(like most people in the programming profession)"
Re:Be nice to nerds by khedoros on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:56PM (#12131049)
That doesn't capture what I think of when someone says "brogrammer". At the very least, I think it also denotes a strong sense of machismo, with a connotation of disrespect for others and boorishness. It's not a positive term, generally speaking.