# So what exactly is a "Bruce?"

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**Created:** [November 21, 1999, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-exactly-is-a-bruce/4905 "1999-11-21T03:04:00Z")\
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Never mind these accurate historical references - a ‘Bruce’ is a person of Australian origin!

I saw this on a Monty Python sketch, so that easily outranks any previous meaning…

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In the bathtub of history, the truth is harder to hold than the soap… (Pratchett)

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