{"id":34760,"date":"2013-06-21T13:05:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2013\/06\/npr-ryan-lochte-is-the-quintessential-bro\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:37:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:37:23","slug":"npr-ryan-lochte-is-the-quintessential-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/npr-ryan-lochte-is-the-quintessential-bro\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: Ryan Lochte Is the Quintessential &#8220;Bro&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, June 21. THOSE of us in the swimming community knows what makes Ryan Lochte cool, and very little of it has to do with his massive collection of medals. It&#039;s the swagger and personality that only Lochte can convey, something called the &#8220;bro factor&#8221; according to a new article published by National Public Radio.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;bro&#8221; was long believed to be shortened from &#8220;brother&#8221; and is used these days as a term of endearment to a good friend &#8212; with the exception of that <a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SaiWCS10C5s target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Don&#039;t tase me, bro!&#8221; guy.<\/a> NPR picked four qualities that is embodied in the quintessential &#8220;bro&#8221;: jockishness, dudeliness, preppiness and stoner-ishness.<\/p>\n<p>We&#039;re certain Lochte doesn&#039;t partake in the chemicals that would define a &#8220;stoner,&#8221; since those chemicals would show up in the many drug tests he&#039;s subjected to each year. NPR isn&#039;t insinuating that Lochte inhales, either, but rather gives off &#8220;a surfer vibe, and probably a speaking voice that simultaneously expresses both relaxation and bewilderment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No one is going to argue that point when it come to Lochte, especially when you <a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZxKW_g_Xx50 target=\"_blank\">watch this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the jockish vibe, no one can deny that, given his accomplishments in the past nine years that includes 11 Olympic medals and a handful of world records. The &#8220;dudeliness&#8221; factor seems to relate to another popular term: bromance, in which two men can have a deep and personal (and platonic) friendship. Very few males will admit they don&#039;t wish they were in a Lochte bromance.<\/p>\n<p>NPR says Lochte fits the &#8220;preppishness&#8221; factor because he &#8220;competes in a preppy sport.&#8221; Not sure what that means. Since when is chlorine-tinted hair and goggle marks considered preppy?<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Lochte fits all of these qualities better than a host of celebrities, including Tim Tebow, James Franco, Channing Tatum and Ashton Kutcher and Ben Affleck, according to NPR.<\/p>\n<p>The article also invites readers to <a href=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1ucsGKMJx8rpL23OCm53wLUlvDtlT2yCmyUC5XCHq_yA\/viewform?pli=1 target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Create Their Own Bro&#8221;<\/a> by listing the celebrities they think fits each of the four categories best.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Lochte is the best representative of the &#8220;bro&#8221; qualities in aquatic sports? If not, tell us who fits it best in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/codeswitch\/2013\/06\/21\/193881290\/jeah-we-mapped-out-the-four-basic-aspects-of-being-a-bro target=\"_blank\">Full text of NPR article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, June 21. 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