&gt; If people outside the US don&#x27;t understand why that&#x27;s offensive I guess they&#x27;re bigots.<p>Yeah look at this bigoted Swedish wikipedia article <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sv.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bro" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sv.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bro</a><p>&gt; In all seriousness, this has to be the height of meddling for the sake of meddling.<p>For me it is not only meddling. The abbreviation was changed without proper explanation. &quot;I have asked a feminist friend from the North American culture-sphere, and she advised against bro.&quot; is devoid of any actual information why it is important to change. I think reasons of &quot;misogynistic&quot; and &quot;offensive&quot; is not enough.<p>Because if we look at the other offensive and unacceptable words I&#x27;m aware of I know why they are loaded and how they are perceived badly.