Definition of a FOAF

FOAF

noun

acronym for "friend of a friend".
Person A: How do you know Peter?

Person B: He's a FOAF.
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Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
This term likely originated in anthropology, in reference to things like urban legends, which often "happened to a friend of a friend".
Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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DC	Definitions include: "disconnect".
HFS	Definitions include: acronym for "holy fucking shit".
r	Definitions include: shortened, phonetic version of "are".
prly	Definitions include: "probably".
thx	Definitions include: "thanks".
ICYMI	Definitions include: acronym for "in case you missed it".
j00r	Definitions include: "your."
l33t hax0r	Definitions include: a l33t hax0r.
ESAD	Definitions include: acronym for "eat shit and die".
S/O	Definitions include: acronym for shout-out.
QT	Definitions include: "cutie."
ppls	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people's", used in electronic communication.
pls	Definitions include: "please".
WTF	Definitions include: acronym for "what the fuck?".
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BFFE	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend forever" or "best friends forever".
fam	Definitions include: "extended" family, sometimes including close friends.
brohanski	Definitions include: variant of bro.
partna	Definitions include: alternate spelling of partner, i.e. friend.
ace buddy	Definitions include: a best friend.
home boy	Definitions include: friend.
FWB	Definitions include: acronym for "friends with benefits".
frenemy	Definitions include: a person who is both a friend and an enemy.
foo	Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool.
friends for cut	Definitions include: friends only for the purpose of having intercourse.
homie g	Definitions include: a friend.
homegirl	Definitions include: a female friend.
chicka	Definitions include: a close female friend, or one's best female friend.
hoe	Definitions include: a general insult, usually applied to females.
habib	Definitions include: A good friend, a sweet person.
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a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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bbff	Definitions include: acronym for "best buddy friend forever".
bench friend	Definitions include: Those people you only go to for unconditional and compassionate support.
BFF	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) forever".
BFFE	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend forever" or "best friends forever".
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
Champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends	Definitions include: champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends
cut friends	Definitions include: Also friends for cut.
drop some friends off at the lake	Definitions include: to go to the bathroom, to defecate.
drop some friends off at the pool	Definitions include: to defecate.
friend	Definitions include: on a social networking website, to add someone to one's list of friends.
friend crush	Definitions include: The feeling of really wanting to befriend a stranger or acquaintance.
friends for cut	Definitions include: friends only for the purpose of having intercourse.
friends with benefits	Definitions include: friends who have sex (or other sexual contact) with each other.
friend with benefits	Definitions include: close companions whose friendship may contain romantic or sexual interest without an official commitment.
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abbreviated piece of nothing	Definitions include: a worthless person.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
afraid of (one's) shadow	Definitions include: skittish.
*a grain of ssault**	Definitions include: an amount of violence.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
a hell of a	Definitions include: an impressive.
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
all kinds of	Definitions include: many.
all of my yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
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