broheim
n.— «You def made a nice transition from the sponge after years of me beggn you to ride glass…Stoked for ya broheim!» —“Re: eastern NC” by SurfSarge Usenet: alt.surfing Mar. 28, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The phrase throw in the towel meaning “give up,” stems from boxing competitions in the late 19th. If a boxer’s team wanted to stop the fight—usually because their fighter was taking too much punishment—they would literally throw a towel into the air...
The phrase throw in the towel, meaning to give up, originated in the world of boxing. An earlier phrase from the same sport that carried the same metaphorical meaning is chuck in the sponge. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Boxing...