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buddy-buddy

buddy-buddy adjective: very friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.

Adjective

buddy-buddy (comparative more buddy-buddy, superlative most buddy-buddy)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Very friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.
    • They're over there being all buddy-buddy with one another.
    • I can personally imagine a scenario where, within a year, President Trump is on buddy-buddy terms again with Mexico. But you cannot unsee what happened over the last 48 hours.2025 February 3, Tom Phillips, Richard Partington, quoting Brian Winter, “Trump agrees to pause Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun

buddy-buddy (plural buddy-buddies)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A close male friend.

Forms of buddy-buddy

Adjective
comparativemore buddy-buddy
superlativemost buddy-buddy
alternative formbuddy buddy
Noun
pluralbuddy-buddies

Origin of buddy-buddy

A reduplication of buddy, referring to a mutual friendship.

Questions about buddy-buddy

What does buddy-buddy mean?
Buddy-buddy means very friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.
What part of speech is buddy-buddy?
Buddy-buddy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near buddy-buddy in the dictionary

  1. buddy systems
  2. buddy taping
  3. buddy up
  4. buddy wrapping
  5. buddy-buddies
  6. buddy-buddy
  7. buddyhood
  8. buddying
  9. buddying up
  10. buddyish
  11. buddylist

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