/broh"dee/ , n. ( sometimes cap. ) Slang.
1. a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive: to do a brodie from a high ledge.
2. a complete failure; flop.
3. a severe vehicular skid.
4. a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of the steering wheel.
[ after Steve Brodie, who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 ]