frenemy

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fren·e·my (fr

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n. pl. fren·e·mies Informal

A person who is ostensibly friendly or collegial with someone but who is actually antagonistic or competitive.

[Blend of fr(iend) + enemy.]

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No references found			Robinson to Cheri (Rupert Friend, all hair and chiseled cheekbones), the son of her frenemy Charlotte (Kathy Bates, who should've taken it down a notch). MOVING IMAGES; PASA PICS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Whereas husband views it very much as his close friend, often so close that they do things together on weekends without including me (I find the wrappers as evidence of their assignations), I see it more as a frenemy. What's the result of my food obsession? Sweet FA! COLLINSON Dawn by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) However, there's two sides to every bust-up and if her famous frenemy decides to go public too, Gwyneth could soon find herself playing an unpopular baddie role for real. Lindsay Clydesdale ...the last word by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			French Togoland French tub French ultramarine French ultramarine blue French Union French vermouth French weed French West Africa French West Indies French window French windows French-Canadian French-cut french-fried potatoes French-fry French-kiss French-polish French-speaking Frenchified Frenchify Frenchism Frenchman Frenchwoman Frenchy Freneau frenemy frenetic Frenetical frenetically Frenkel defect frenulum frenum Frenzical frenzied frenziedly Frenziedness frenzy frenzy-free Freon freq. frequence frequency frequency band frequency deconfliction frequency distribution frequency modulation frequency response frequency-division multiplex frequency-response characteristic frequency-response curve frequent			Frenchifies Frenchify Frenchifying frenching frenching frenching Frenchism Frenchkiss Frenchman Frenchman Frenchmen Frenchmen Frenchness Frenchness Frenchs Forest Catholic Parish Frenchs Island, New Zealand Frenchs Island, New Zealand Frenchtown Pond State Park Frenchtown Rural Fire Department Frenchtown Senior Center Frenchwoman Frenchwoman Frenchwomen Frenchy FRENDA Freneau Freneau, Philip Freneau, Philip Morin frenectomy frenectomy frenemy Frenet equations Frenet formula Frenet formulas Frénet formulas Frenet trihedron Frénet trihedron Frenet's formulas Frenet-Serret equations Frenet-Serret formulae Frenet-Serret formulas frenetic frenetic frenetic Frenetic Random Activity Period frenetical frenetical frenetically frenetically freneticism freneticism FREng frenga Frenglish Frenguellisaurus Frenk Van Herpen Landscaping Frenkel defect Frenkel defect Frenkel exciton Frenkel exciton Frenkel pair

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