Nerd Word of the Day: Frenemy

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Is this not from the TV sitcom ‘Friends’ :???:

Or at least the term was made popular by this TV show.

You know, this one might have some validity.

i first heard it in song: new radicals-you get what you give

Not really a nerd word. It’s a Pop culture word, and doesn’t really qualify…Besides, Nerds have friends, buddies, and people that envy them, but they never have anyone that pretend to like them, there’s never any profit in it.

Adam Ant – Friend or foe…

2 brands and todays HotFor Words Quote
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson 1709-1784

… :twisted: :lol: Is not that “LLC” two faced friends…Mick Ronson Ian Hunter and David Bowie

As an equal. He treats that someone as an equal.

If that someone can do him absolutely no wrong either, of course. :smile:

nerds are smart enough to incorporate a spasm frequency to their clan that detects bogus behaviour and can spot, identify, and demolish trojan horses before a junker can even get the wheels placed on it.

I wonder if there’s also a nerdic word for a friend who acts like an enemy?

Enefry maybe?

Met bunches of them.
Don’t waste too much time with them when their true colors show.

A real friend doesn’t try to kiss your butt all the time,
a frenemy will… :mrgreen:
A friend will always tell you what is bad for you,
a frenemy won’t…
Do you know who your real friends are?
With all the bullshit and politics going around,
just who do you believe, and what do you stand for?
If you have trouble standing up for what you know is right,
and only worry about being popular – peer pressure,
you may have more frenemies than honor…
You may not always like what I say – but, there it is. :grin:

I like this word, also. I definately see the connection to NWOD. I think someone mentioned this in an earlier NWOD lesson (Che, I believe.) Perhaps the ease of making internet “friends” has contributed to the rise in popularity of this word. It is so easy to make an internet “friend,” just click on a button, they click on a button, and WHAM! Instant friend. Little ventured, little gained. Call me a friend after I have helped you move your furniture down three flights of stairs, I have sat up with your squawling baby all night, or I have sat and listened to you bitch all night about your most recent romantic tragedy. After I have invested in our relationship, then I will be much more likely to support you, in spite of your (or mine) short falls.
After all, our humanity is what makes us all so interesting. It is also what makes us all such pains in the ass. :roll:

THIS is a great lesson! No star power needed, just pure Marina. Frenemy!
What a cool DigiSpeak word! (I made that up, UNO?) Do I have a Frenemy? Why yes, thank you! Just today, my lawyers filed a federal lawsuit against one (if they settle, we’re friends- if not, they’ll wish they had) and I wrote another who “threw me under the bus” last month and I said to him, “Please don’t do that again. For all you know, I’m not under the bus…I may now actually be driving it!” (ha ha ha I am!)

:shock: paranoia will destroy ya

I don’t…all the ladies adore me.

I hope I don’t have “frenemies.” I think it would cause a feeling of betrayal. I think that Gorby, your dog, is a truly reliable friend for you.
Seesixcm6

:mrgreen: with friends like you we dont need any enemys :shock:
:cool: a frenemy :?: maybe :lol: B.B. :wink:

Good memory I found it in the friendilligence lesson.

Che Volay says:

March 11, 2009 at 2:25 am

The sitcom Friends introduced the word:
Frienemy A “toxic” person who poses as a friend but subconsciously or consciously wishes you harm.*

Now I stand corrected and should have said ‘…sitcom Friends made popular the word’

*Urban Dictionary.com

We call them “Rats” or “Two-Faced F**ks”. Personally, I prefer “Rat”… it’s short, sweet and to the point.

Stupendous song. Thanks!

I have a few of these at work

Frenemy is a very interesting word combination that puts the spotlight on the nature of some casual and not-so casual interactions. For instance, this guy named Judas… :lol:

:grin: My pleasure

Frenemy sounds like a word that would come from the Mario Puzo novel, The Godfather. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” Good advice I suppose especially if you don’t want to wake up in the morning with a horsehead in your bed. I would rather have my horseheads in nebulas rather than in my bed. Take care, Hotstuff. By the way, do you read Lapham’s Quarterly? I hear tell that it has the hottest words in the world for a lexicophile like you. Last time I saw it in the book store, it was a big grab bag of all kinds of ideas. I believe it will give you broad exposure to all kinds of ideas in case your contributors and fans run dry. Beats paging through the OED with a magnifying glass looking for esoteric words. However, I do see that you do some esoteric words. If you would like to know where the hottest medical words are found, look in The Lancet in your library.

What kind of chickensh1t person would be a frenemy?

Good DAY: “I Wonder Where My Easy Riders Gone” Mae West

SOUL + diamonds

I agree 200% on that, lad!

Rats they are! Yes, RATS! And they should be canned as vulgar SPAM!

Frenemy reminds me of a word that Darrell Waltrip created: (Coopreration + Competition = Coopetition). Used when a NASCAR driver needs another driver’s help during the race, but when it comes down to winning the race they’ll BUMP that other driver out of the way :!:

cufan I’m in a pool to pick the winners for this seasons American Idol, I don’t watch the show so I don’t know who to pick to win. Do you have any suggestions of likely winners?

Winner?
Runner up?
Second runner up?

Muchas grassy-ass

:cool: Here’s who’s in the running right now: http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season_8/

My Picks
Winner: Danny Gokey
Runner Up: Lil Rounds
Second Runner Up: Kris Allen

:mrgreen: But none of them are as good as Carrie Underwood :!: :wink:

Thanks cu I’ve got until the 29th to hand in my form, I’ll check back with you just before that day to see if anything changed.

I’m not doing well on March Madness, but I could make a come from behind win if Louieville comes out on top.

Peace
Che

The friend of my enemy, he is my enemy;
The enemy of my friend, he is my enemy;
But the enemy of my enemy, he is my friend.

-Old Azeri Proverb

FRENEMIES, brothers,sisters,father, mother,wives,lovers,friends,cousins,aunts,uncles, and government cronies plus few more that I haven’t listed.

Aloha!
Maureen Dowd of the NYT used the word when describing President Obama and Hillary Clinton before she was made Secretary of State, and I had thought she made the word up, Thank you!

‘A man’s downfall pleases his enemies, and his friends’, so the saying goes. That could be updated to ‘pleases his enemies and frenemys’.

louisville!

I use that when tutoring math students for multiplying + and -.

Oh that is the perfect word! I shall take this word and use it. I do have FRENEMIES! They are so cunning. Hard to spot sometimes. I even had to take one to court. :evil:

eeeeekkk!!!! I just looked in my pile of stuffed animals and found a Frenemie near my furbies!

I thought frenemies were friends who act like enemies in the public eye. But the way you decribe it as more like “wolves in sheep’s clothing”.

I use to have frenemies, but I cut them out of my life years ago. But the way the world is, other potential frenemies still lurk about.

I understand my frenemies. They claim to be my ‘friends’ because they claim to follow ‘He who sends me’; but they’re my enemies because their goal is “keeping the peace the [idiots] find (in blissful idiocy)” rather than “helping the idiots find peace through awakening/enlightenment.”

I’ve identified two flavours of the frenemy:

1. As far as others can tell, your frenemy appears to be a good friend. However, in private, this character is clearly your enemy. If you complain about this person to others, they will not understand and start blaming you. A real double whammy!

2. Appears as a friend to you, but is really deceiving or betraying you.

So was Abraham Lincoln right when he said:
“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”

Leonard Cohen experienced a “frenemy” like situation… :sad:

http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=2391

I just received this email notification
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Nerd Word of the Day: Frenemy

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:14 PM PDT

Beg your pardon? Portmanteau?

:| ah, a trend worthy of my scorn

Thanks for the word, but you’ve got the origin wrong. It was first coined in 1953 by Walter Winchell. Didn’t become popular until 2000 with Sex In The City and Mean Girls in 2004. Check out here.

If you complain about this person to others, they will not understand and start blaming you. A real double whammy!