Bruv vs Eruv - What's the difference?
bruv | eruv |
(UK, slang) Brother, mate, friend.
* 1992 , in Today :
(Judaism) A ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 12, author=Jake Mooney, title=A Slender Thread to Knit a Neighborhood, work=New York Times
, passage=“We live in a day and age,” he continued, “where if you don’t have an eruv , you’re taking yourself off of many people’s lists.” }}
*2011 , (Caitlin Moran), How to be a Woman :
*:‘Fat’ is the word you hear shouted in the playground, or on the street – it's never allowed over the threshold of the house. My mum won't have that filth in her house. At home, together, we are safe. It's like an eruv for the slow and soft.
As nouns the difference between bruv and eruv
is that bruv is (uk|slang) brother, mate, friend while eruv is (judaism) a ritual aggregation of properties that allows jews observing traditional shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.bruv
English
Noun
(en noun)- The lads in the Nags 'Ead were just talking about your bit of managerial bovver and I said to Rodney, '
Bruv , this could be my big chance.'
Usage notes
* Used mainly to address one's brother, when it is sometimes capitalised.See also
* (l)eruv
English
Alternative forms
* erub * eiruvNoun
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