Definition of friend
friend 
noun
- a useful tool or resource. Used frequently online to answer questions. See also RTFM.
Question: How do I defrob the frobinator?
Response: The manual is your friend. Read chapter 4.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jan 08 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 06 2010.
verb
- on a social networking website, to add someone to one's list of friends.
See also defriend, unfriend.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 18 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
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| Definitions include: a metaphorical hammer that is wielded by operators or moderators when banning one or more users from an online community. | |
| Definitions include: the real world, as opposed to the "virtual" world of computers, also known as cyberspace. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't even know". | |
| Definitions include: of the title to an article or webpage, vague enough so that one has to click the title to learn what the destination is actually about. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: "that". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.") Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.) | |
| Definitions include: Pornography. | |
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Other terms relating to 'friend': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best buddy friend forever". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) forever". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend forever" or "best friends forever". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: Also friends for cut. | |
| Definitions include: to go to the bathroom, to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "friend of a friend". | |
| Definitions include: The feeling of really wanting to befriend a stranger or acquaintance. | |
| Definitions include: friends only for the purpose of having intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: friends who have sex (or other sexual contact) with each other. | |
| Definitions include: close companions whose friendship may contain romantic or sexual interest without an official commitment. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical place that two people are in when there is no possibility of romance between them. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of frenemy. | |
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