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friend with benefits

friend with benefits noun: a friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.

Noun

friend with benefits (plural friends with benefits)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) A friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.
    • “I’m just saying that usually when you have a friend who’s a girl, it’s not just that she’s your friend. Either you’ve known her a long time, or she’s a friend with benefits.”2003, Alexander Hart, Time in Question
    • Gender norms influence how young men orient themselves to sexual partners and girlfriends, and men’s procreative consciousness is sometimes affected by how they define a potential or actual sex partner (e.g., casual or serious girlfriend, “friend with benefits”, hookup).2003, William Marsiglio, “Making Males Mindful of Their Sexual and Procreative Identities: Using Self-Narratives in Field Settings”, in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, volume 35...
    Synonyms:
    fuck buddy

friend with benefits meaning in Indonesian

friend with benefits in Indonesian

friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship
teman tapi mesra

Examples of friend with benefits in a sentence

  • “Can I be so bold as to ask if I can be a friend with benefits?”2004, Cynthia Henry, Discovering Normal:
  • The College Relationship is the hook up that turns into a “a person to hang out with,” more or less, a friend with benefits.2005, Jennifer Klein, University of Pennsylvania:

Synonyms of friend with benefits

Forms of friend with benefits

pluralfriends with benefits

Origin of friend with benefits

Possibly first used by Alanis Morissette for her 1995 song “Head over Feet”, although in the original context it seems to refer to a committed rather than a casual relationship.

Questions about friend with benefits

What does friend with benefits mean?
Friend with benefits means a friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.
What is friend with benefits in Indonesian?
Friend with benefits in Indonesian is teman tapi mesra. See Friend with benefits meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use friend with benefits in a sentence?
“Can I be so bold as to ask if I can be a friend with benefits?”
What part of speech is friend with benefits?
Friend with benefits is a noun.
What is the plural of friend with benefits?
The plural of friend with benefits is friends with benefits.

Words near friend with benefits in the dictionary

  1. friend prices
  2. friend request
  3. friend requested
  4. friend requesting
  5. friend requests
  6. friend with benefits
  7. friend zone
  8. friend zoned
  9. friend zonee
  10. friend zonees
  11. friend zones

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