frenemy
someone who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy
TRANSLATION
frenemy = ein falscher Freund frenemy = jemand der nur vorgibt; ein Freund zu sein --- GOOGLE INDEX frenemy: approximately 500,000 Google hits
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IN THE PRESS
A growing body of evidence in psychology research is finding that a unique mix of emotional closeness and personal conflict makes FRENEMIES some of the unhealthiest people to be around.
(Medical Daily)
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt – described as the NSA’s best FRENEMY – told the audience he first learned about direct government surveillance of data being transmitted between company servers in a 2013 report in The Washington Post.
(US News & World Report)
(Medical Daily)
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt – described as the NSA’s best FRENEMY – told the audience he first learned about direct government surveillance of data being transmitted between company servers in a 2013 report in The Washington Post.
(US News & World Report)
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frenemy
noun, slang
- a person who pretends to be your friend but is in fact an enemy
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Frenemy is a portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" that can refer to either an enemy pretending to be a friend or someone who really is a friend but also a rival.
The term is used to describe personal, geopolitical, and commercial relationships both among individuals and groups or institutions. The word has appeared in print as early as 1953, but first came into popular use in the late 1970s.
An article in Businessweek magazine stated that frenemies in the workplace are common, due to increasingly informal environments and the "abundance of very close, intertwined relationships that bridge people's professional and personal lives."
A similar term is coopetition, a blend of cooperation and competition which usually describes competing companies that nonetheless work together in some areas, such as when Samsung and Sony teamed up to produce LCD monitors.
(partially adapted from Wikipedia)
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noun, slang
- a person who pretends to be your friend but is in fact an enemy
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Frenemy is a portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" that can refer to either an enemy pretending to be a friend or someone who really is a friend but also a rival.
The term is used to describe personal, geopolitical, and commercial relationships both among individuals and groups or institutions. The word has appeared in print as early as 1953, but first came into popular use in the late 1970s.
An article in Businessweek magazine stated that frenemies in the workplace are common, due to increasingly informal environments and the "abundance of very close, intertwined relationships that bridge people's professional and personal lives."
A similar term is coopetition, a blend of cooperation and competition which usually describes competing companies that nonetheless work together in some areas, such as when Samsung and Sony teamed up to produce LCD monitors.
(partially adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Frenemies are common on social networks these days."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
