Friendboy
OK, last one for today (or yesterday, depending how you look at it). Remember the friendgirl word? Which I used as an anecdote introducing the person who "invented" this word. At my party, this got talked about. And two women approached me, saying they had invented a new word: friendboy.
Gotta admit, wasn't too impressed, because it goes without saying if you have friendgirl you can also have friendboy. Only, they thought it was a revelation.
Mind you, they had a few drinks before :)
Gotta admit, wasn't too impressed, because it goes without saying if you have friendgirl you can also have friendboy. Only, they thought it was a revelation.
Mind you, they had a few drinks before :)
posted by Annika @ 2:12 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:50 AM,
Anonymous said…
have to admit I dont quite get the friendgirl thing - given that girlfriend manages to be used by plenty of people without much ambiguity.
At 9:36 AM,
Annika said…
Here in Switzerland Freund and Freundin is used for both friend and girl/boyfriend, but you always get the question whether he is only a friend or your boyfriend.
Same goes sometimes for the English version. Thereof the need for a new word.
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