Brucutu is a slang meaning coarse, rude, brutish man. The word Brucutu originated from the main character of the comic book magazine, with the same name as the character. The story was created in the United States, by comic artist Vincent T. Hamlin, in the year 1930 where the character was called Alley Oop.
In the comic book, Brucutu is a caveman who carries a club in his hand and lives with his dinosaur Dinny in the prehistoric kingdom of Mu.
In Brazil, the slang came to have the meaning of "gross" through the popular song "Brucutu", recorded by singer Roberto Carlos, who was successful in the 1960s telling the story of the man from caves.
Brucutu is also the name by which an armored vehicle used in repression by Brazilian police forces was known. The same vehicle is also called Caveirão.
Brucutu mine
Brucutu is the name of an iron ore mine, located in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Rio Below, Minas Gerais, which was inaugurated on October 5, 2006 and belongs to Companhia Vale do Rio Candy. The Brucutu mine is the second largest iron ore mine in Brazil (the first is Carajás) and the largest in the world in terms of initial production capacity. Vale invested more than 1 billion dollars in the project.