debate bro

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Noun

debate bro (plural debate bros)

  1. (usually derogatory, Internet slang) A male streamer who often engages in heated public political debates.
    • 2022 December 5, Shark3ozero, quoting Shark3ozero, 0:20 from the start, in The Most Racist Anime AI Generator EVER‎[1]:
      So, the other day, I was just chilling, vibing, minding by own business online, and I got a little notification on my bird app account, and I took a look. It was from a follower and it was like 'AI generated debate bros', okay?
    • [2024 November 3, Reed Van Schenck, “Gamer publics: live-stream debate networks and the mediation of argument in the digital attention economy”, in Argumentation and Advocacy, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved 17 September 2025, page 8:
      Destiny’s and JonTron’s antipathetic discoursing reproduce hegemonic gamer subjectivity as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Their behavior exemplifies an argumentative style that has accrued such infamy that it has earned a telling moniker: “Debate bros,” named for their hyper-masculine, quick-witted, aggressive sophistry, engage in strategic maneuvering attuned to the norms of hegemonic gamer culture.]

Usage notes

  • While usage of the term as a derogative is more common among people not in this community, it is still very common to refer to people such as this as debate bros non-derogatorily, and many among the debate bro community use the title to distinguish their community from other (especially left-wing) communities.

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