Your mate who's basically family, or your actual brother-in-law - context decides. Affection either way.
"My bro-in-law sorted the tickets."
"He's not blood but he's bro-in-law."
Greetings & Address · New Zealand slang
Bro-in-law
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NZ family-of-choice vocabulary.
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