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Wait, wait! I've got it. Bro has been Bro longer than Google has been Google. <drops mic>....

http://www.google.com/about/company/history/ http://www.bro.org/documentation/history.png

You should happy to note that the name is something we don't bikeshed about within the Bro project. The name is staying. It will far outlast the negativity.

As mavam said earlier: (Disclaimer: Bro team member).

For a project named "Bro", I believe that we have a very open and inclusive community. We do play with the word a lot but it's all in the name of fun and very convenient since the name lends itself toward so much word play. There have been times where people have started to use it in the more modern pejorative sense and we've actively yet quietly made it stop. None of us on the core team like that behavior and with the name "Bro" we have to be extra careful with how it's used within the community.

There has been a number of women that have passed through our community and several that are actively involved at the moment (I could say the same about men, our team isn't very large).

I really like that people on this thread have been digging quote out of Vern's original paper about the lineage for the name. That's easily the best response to all of the "Why Bro?" questions.