Brigid Daull Brockway is technically a writer

Brigid Daull Brockway is technically a writer

A blog about words, wordplay, and etymology, with slightly more than occasional political rants.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Ain't fiendship beautiful?

Speaking of neologisms, there have been several in recent years devoted to the various subtle flavors of friendship.
A few:

  • Frienemy: A friend whom one pretends to like, but actually rather hates. AKA: half of most people's Facebook friends list.
  • Friend Zone: "The 'friend zone' is like the penalty box of dating... Once a girl decides you’re her friend, it’s game over. You’ve become a complete non-sexual entity in her eyes...” according to Ryan Reynolds' character in Just Friends. Some say this term is for mysoginists bitter about being rejected, but I think this lady will tell you the condition is not gender-specific:

  • Breast Friends: A friendship shared between breast cancer survivors. Recorded by The Rice University Neologisms Database in 2008.
  • BFF, Bestie: One's best friend forever.
  • Bro: Manly BFF.
  • Bromance: An intimate but entirely platonic friendship between two men. I love this term and this concept. I've always thought it must be so lonely to be a dude and have to tone down your affections for fear of seeming gay. Now there's the bromance and it's adorable.


  •  Intercepted Wave: When you wave to someone you know, but someone else thinks you're waving at them - great bane of the socially awkward. 
  • China plate: Cockney rhyming slang for mate
I'ma bear!
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