brody
Irish origin. Means “ditch, muddy place”.
Also used as slang
View on the slang dictionary page →(slang) Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.
I spun a brody in some chat up at the old zinc mine.
Brody means: Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
brody means: Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.. Register: very informal, slang. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Bruiser Brody / Personal Jesus”
— Bluesky· May 2026“At Chicago Fire training Sam Rogers & Chris Mueller trained Fire II’s Brody Williams was with the first team GK: Chris Brady, Josh Cohen & Jeff Gal”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hollywood shut out of 2026 Tony Award nominations — Adrien Brody, Keanu Reeves and Ayo Edebiri among snubs Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and Neil Patrick Harris also failed to receive any nominations © Getty Images”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Whit Stillman is finally directing again after 10 years. His new film, A Night at Claridge’s, stars Adam Brody, Laura Carmichael and Tom Bennett. Cinema’s most polite class war has returned to the lobby. #filmsky #moviesky”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dorje C. Brody, Eva-Maria Graefe, Rishindra Melanathuru: Phase-space measurements and decoherence for angular momentum systems https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02696 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02696 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02696”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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