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friendmance

friendmance noun: a romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II.

Noun

friendmance (plural friendmances)

  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II.
    • Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.2018 October 20, Kiralai, Reddit
    • I really want to rivalmance Anders but honestly I love his friendmance so much I can’t do it2019 July 13, DreamsTyme, Reddit
    Antonyms:
    rivalmance

Verb

friendmance (third-person singular simple present friendmances, present participle friendmancing, simple past and past participle friendmanced)

  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.
    • In my peronal^([sic]) opinion, Anders and Merrill are for friendmancing only, unless you want to truly, deeply hurt and bully them.2015 December 28, [deleted user account], Reddit
    • Friendmancing Fenris as a pro-Mage Hawke is another favourite. I really love the growth you see in him throughout.2022 October 10, lalaquen, Reddit
    Antonyms:
    rivalmance

Examples of friendmance in a sentence

  • I feel like most people prefer the friendmances (especially for Fenris) but the rival paths are so interesting!2022 September 1, MelloGlory, Reddit:
  • If female Hawke friendmances Sebastian, he will suggest a chaste marriage with her taking vows as a Chantry sister.2022 July 12, LadyNorbert, Reddit:

Antonyms of friendmance

Forms of friendmance

Noun
pluralfriendmances
Verb
third-person singular presentfriendmances
present participlefriendmancing
past participlefriendmanced
pastfriendmanced

Origin of friendmance

From friend + -mance.

Questions about friendmance

What does friendmance mean?
Friendmance means a romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II.
How do you use friendmance in a sentence?
I feel like most people prefer the friendmances (especially for Fenris) but the rival paths are so interesting!
What part of speech is friendmance?
Friendmance can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of friendmance?
The plural of friendmance is friendmances.

Words near friendmance in the dictionary

  1. friendly suits
  2. friendly URL
  3. friendly URLs
  4. friendlyish
  5. friendmaking
  6. friendmance
  7. friendo
  8. friendom
  9. friendos
  10. friends
  11. friends at court

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