Frienemies

[Doctor Q]

This word has been around for a couple of years. I first heard it from a pair of siblings.

From Urban Dictionary:

Frienemies

a blurred friendship; a friend and a rival or enemy​

Do you have any frienemies?

 

[valdore]

I have a lot of former friends, whom I now regard as enemies. Also, I have no friends.

 

[vniow]

Are these the kind of people described as "With friends like these who needs enemies?"

 

[IJ Reilly]

Reminds me of the old Arabic saying: Keep your friends close; keep your frienemies in the basement with the door locked.

 

[skunk]

I suppose a frienemy is better than a frienema. Or is it?

 

[SkyBell]

If you mean friends who are now enimies, then yes, many. (seriously)

 

[Doctor Q]

It doesn't mean a former friend who became an enemy. It's for somebody you are both friends and enemies with at the same time (maybe inexplicably), or when that status is constantly changing back and forth. A buddy/rival.

Siblings are good examples, but maybe somebody can suggest a well-known pair of frienemies as another example.

 

[Applespider]

Siblings are good examples, but maybe somebody can suggest a well-known pair of frienemies as another example.

Any number 1 quarterback and his backup?

 

[skunk]

Siblings are good examples, but maybe somebody can suggest a well-known pair of frienemies as another example.

George Brown and Tony Blair.

 

[mlw1235]

My roommate is one of my frienemies.

He can be really annoying one minute, and then the next be awesome. It's like he's bipolar...but not.

 

[rdowns]

My office is full of frienemies.

 

[IJ Reilly]

George Brown and Tony Blair.

An airline Captain and his First Officer (especially if the First Officer used to be a Captain).

It's like he's bipolar...but not.

Maybe he can't decide whether he's bipolar or not.

 

[katie ta achoo]

I had a few back in high school.. I've since avoided forging friendships like that.

 

[Doctor Q]

My roommate is one of my frienemies.

He can be really annoying one minute, and then the next be awesome. It's like he's bipolar...but not.

Unless he seems different from one minute to the next because you change!

 

[iAlan]

This word has been around for a couple of years. I first heard it from a pair of siblings.

From Urban Dictionary:

Frienemies

a blurred friendship; a friend and a rival or enemy​

Do you have any frienemies?

No, but I have a couple of Enemiends

And luv the 'tar you are using now. If it from an original photo of yours from Japan?

 

[rdowns]

And luv the 'tar you are using now. If it from an original photo of yours from Japan?

I think he's running 2 iPhones side by side in the pic.

 

[iAlan]

I think he's running 2 iPhones side by side in the pic.

And the rest of us don't even have 1

Now I have a Frienemie in Doctor Q

 

[jsw]

No, but I have a couple of Enemiends

I love those! Chocolate or peanut?

For me? No frienemies. No enemies that I know of, actually. Any more. Man, there was a lot of digging involved to get rid of those. Let me tell you: six feet deep is a long way down when you're digging in cold weather.

 

[mlw1235]

Unless he seems different from one minute to the next because you change!

Good point. I should look into that.

 

[Nermal]

I think all Australians count as frienemies.

 

[MrSmith]

Husbands and wives as the years go on... Not in my case, of course.

 

[Blue Velvet]

My office is full of frienemies.

Ah yes. Certain colleagues... the level of arse-kissing and simultaneous back-stabbing is breathtaking in its falseness and sheer hypocrisy. And that's just me.

I think all Australians count as frienemies.

Nice one.

 

[SC68Cal]

Do former girlfriends count? Ba-Zing!

 

[Markleshark]

Yup, I have me some of those. Who doesn't?...

 

[Doctor Q]

No, but I have a couple of Enemiends

And luv the 'tar you are using now. If it from an original photo of yours from Japan?

It wasn't easy to give you a reply. I've been saving that image for months, to use as a 'tar sometime, and I forgot where it came from!

I remember cropping it and turning it into a Q, but not which garden (or mini garden) it is. I've visited Japanese gardens here in California as well as in Japan, so I looked through a bunch of photo albums, but don't see it. I conclude that it's "borrowed" from a website about Japanese gardens, although I didn't spot which one!

IIRC, you are in Japan, and apparently you don't recognize it either.

Since my avatar will change again at some point, here's a copy of it, so these posts will make sense later.