We Translated The Bizarre Frat-Talk In Early Texts From Snapchat's Co-Founders

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Reggie Brown's Snapchat lawsuit

Reggie Brown, Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegal, Snapchat. Brown is suing the other two for 1/3 of the company.

Recently-released text messages show us a curious side of the Snapchat founders' personalities – they are self-identifying "certified bros."

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These texts are evidence in a legal battle between the current CEO and CTO of Snapchat and their ousted co-founder. The ousted co-founder wants to take one-third of the company.

We're picking through the evidence submitted in the legal case, but these texts are noteworthy all their own.

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We did our best to add some clarity, but when we couldn't figure out what they meant, we turned to Urban Dictionary, that time-honored standard of all things slang.