1. Another name for a black male, when calling them black would be inappropriate or offensive. For example, lets say you are with a
black friend of yours and you are Caucasian and they ask you about another person that is black. You would describe that other person as a "brotha" rather then as a "black guy" because that very well may offend them since many black people don't like being called black, especially by a white person.
2. A nicer way of calling someone a nigga, to avoid
getting stabbed2. A
bastardized form of the word "brother"
Jamari asked me to describe a friend of mine because he thinks he might know him also. Jamari is black and so is this person. I almost said "oh he's a black dude" but hesitated because I remembered him mentioning a while back how being called "black" is offensive and that people from
Haiti and Jamaica are
not black but rather just dark. I realized that he might be offended if he heard me say "black guy" so instead I just said "he's a
brotha". He looked at me oddly for a second and said "oh okay, I know that nigga".
