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frenemy

(adjective) : a person or persons who had an adversarial relationship but must work with each other out of necessity; a friendly enemy.

Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are now frenemies working to reach out to countries ignored during the Bush Administration.

Submitted by: Escritora69 on Mar. 23, 2009 21:32

(noun) : a friend and an enemy: an acquaintance with whom one is in competition

Submitted by: Anonymous on Mar. 14, 2009 19:20

(noun) : people who are friends up front but are enemies behind backs.

She totally egged my house! She is now my frenemy. —AnOnYmOuS,

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jan. 30, 2008 23:16

(noun) : one who is alternately a friend and enemy : rival

Peter ignores his girlfriend, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), so she reaches out to her friend and his frenemy, Harry Osborn (James Franco), a k a Son of the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe, revived in flashback), while Peter turns to his Aunt May (Rosemary Harris), who shovels the manure with grace. —Manohla Dargis, New York Times, May 4, 2007

Submitted by: Anonymous on May. 04, 2007 12:59

(noun) : a friend one is so grossly in competition with that he or she may be perceived as an enemy.

Submitted by: Tonya from Maryland on Feb. 24, 2007 12:16

(noun) : a friend who is excessively competitive or undermining; often a female, or "mean girl"

This seems like a lot to place on the slender shoulders of Nicole Richie and her frenemies. —Kathleen Deveny, Newsweek, February 12, 2007

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 15, 2007 12:32

(noun) : Somebody who pretends to dislike you in public, but who secretly desires or is your friend in private.

"We're enemies in public and friends in real life. So we're frenemies!" —CSI: Miami, 05/01/06

Submitted by: Danielle Hance from North Dakota on Dec. 01, 2006 18:03

(noun) : An enemy which acts like a friend.

I thought she was my friend but she stabbed me in the back and now she's my frenemy. —Ross Timbad, "Mean Gils" (movie, 2004, U.S.), 07/11/2005

Submitted by: Ross from Philippines on Nov. 07, 2005 15:08

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