I shop frequently at my favorite store, I treat my brother in a condescending fashion.
Patronizing a store means to be a customer of, or to go there frequently. It's more like being a "patron of the arts." The idea is that you are supporting something. Patronizing a person is to be condescending to... to pretend to be nice, but in a snobbish way, like someone is below you, or not as good as you are.
It's interesting how the meanings of a word can diverge over time. The word "patronize" comes from the Latin patronuswhich means protector or master and is related to pater,which means father.A father can be nurturing or protecting:If you patronize a restaurant, you go there frequently as a customer.If you patronize an artist or a cause, you give encouragement and financial support.A father can talk down to a child:If you patronize your little brother, you treat him with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority, colloquially, speak to him like he's a moron.
A brother is your sibling. A male child of your parents. (or adopted) A brother in law is your sisters husband.
in big brother they have normal people on it and in celebrity big brother there are all celebrities living in the house
A half brother shares only one parent with you; where as a whole brother has the same mother and father as you.
In "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, the age difference between the narrator and his brother Sonny is seven years. Sonny is younger than the narrator.
A niece is the daughter of your brother or sister. A cousin is the son or daughter of your parent's sister or brother.
Joe Jonas does not have a favorite brother. He loves them both.
The difference is that the brother tn330 is a low yield cartridge and the tn360 is a high yield cartridge.
4 years.
An uncle is the brother of one of your parents, or the husband of the sister of one of your parents. A nephew is the son of your sister or brother.
Tony is 12! because if his brother is 17 there would be 5 years difference between their agaes and 12+17=29!