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my brother in Christ

my brother in Christ noun: a (sometimes condescending) term of address, used before a statement which intends to dispel someone's lack of self-awareness.

Noun

my brother in Christ (plural my brothers in Christ)

  1. (Internet) A (sometimes condescending) term of address, used before a statement which intends to dispel someone's lack of self-awareness.
    • I know you're really hyped about the plan, but, my brother in Christ, it's not gonna work.
    • Tech bros sometimes say they're against so-called social engineering; my brother in Christ, your technological innovations have been a chief wellspring of such reengineering.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see my, brother in Christ.
    • We all must labor in the vineyard and walk in the ways of the Lord; my brother in Christ, you won't find happiness at the bottom of a bottle.
    • "But you admit," Brother Nathaniel rejoined, "that they attacked you because the devil moved you, to blaspheme our Saviour, to blaspheme by saying something I can scarcely repeat, that you are more than Peter and nothing less than He Himself, the Lord, the Christ, the Son of God. Tell me, is the...1912 [1911], Gerhart Hauptmann, translated by Thomas Seltzer, The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint: A Novel, New York: B.W. Huebsch, pages 219-220

Forms of my brother in Christ

pluralmy brothers in Christ

Origin of my brother in Christ

From my + brother in Christ. The phrase was in use unironically for softening the delivery of a harsh truth and discouraging the shooting of the messenger before it ever was used sarcastically as an internet meme; it pursued those aims by emphasizing spiritual fraternity between speaker and listener (compare the theme of all due respect and you know I love you, but you need to hear the truth).

Questions about my brother in Christ

What does my brother in Christ mean?
My brother in Christ means a (sometimes condescending) term of address, used before a statement which intends to dispel someone's lack of self-awareness.
What part of speech is my brother in Christ?
My brother in Christ is a noun.
What is the plural of my brother in Christ?
The plural of my brother in Christ is my brothers in Christ.

Words near my brother in Christ in the dictionary

  1. my bloody oath
  2. my body is ready
  3. my body, my choice
  4. my boy
  5. my boys
  6. my brother in Christ
  7. my brothers in Christ
  8. my butt
  9. my certie
  10. my certy
  11. my condom broke

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