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  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     OP - February 26, 2013, 08:35 PM
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    How many of you secretly longing after the person of your dreams, find yourselves firmly in the “friend zone”?

    Well take comfort in the fact that the Oxford English dictionary has begun to share your pain. In that it has legitimised the phrase. That’s right folks – the ‘friend zone’ is officially a thing.

    The definition as detailed in the dictionary is as follows:
    noun
    informal
    a situation in which a platonic relationship exists between two people, one of whom has an undeclared romantic or sexual interest in the other:
    ex: I always wind up in the friend zone, watching them pursue other guys


    http://www.firstpost.com/living/now-friend-zone-makes-it-to-the-oxford-dictionary-638480.html
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #1 - February 26, 2013, 10:46 PM
    I don't see how Oxford Dicitonary picks its words. There's about 500,000 other slang words/phrases commonly used and it picks this one.

    Sounds like someone who works there is lonely whistling2

    In celebration, we shall start the CEMB friend zone club, where we all put each other in the friend zone. Huzzah.
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #2 - February 27, 2013, 02:49 AM
    Oorah!
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #3 - February 27, 2013, 05:17 AM
    People here have serious unrequited romantic feelings for one another? Wow.
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #4 - February 27, 2013, 05:52 AM
    Hi asbie runalong

    (you're not taken are you? Embarrassed )

     001_tongue
    Quote from: ZooBear 

    • Surah Al-Fil: In an epic game of Angry Birds, Allah uses birds (that drop pebbles) to destroy an army riding elephants whose intentions were to destroy the Kaaba. No one has beaten the high score.

  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #5 - February 27, 2013, 06:00 AM
    Quote from: Jila on February 27, 2013, 05:52 AM
    Hi asbie runalong

    (you're not taken are you? Embarrassed )

     001_tongue


    It seems that my point has eluded you. I shall expand upon it.

    The hypothetical person to get "friendzoned" by me in this forum has likely never seen me. They know very little about me aside from my internet persona. They don't know important IRL details like if I smell, do I like sushi, whats my favorite flavor of ice cream. Without these things I doubt that even the seeds of an infatuation can develop, let alone the "romantic or sexual interest" requisite the Oxford definition of the term friendzone.
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #6 - February 27, 2013, 06:05 AM
    =.=' kill

    *takes lame jokes elsewhere* =.='


    mmm...sushi.....

    Quote from: ZooBear 

    • Surah Al-Fil: In an epic game of Angry Birds, Allah uses birds (that drop pebbles) to destroy an army riding elephants whose intentions were to destroy the Kaaba. No one has beaten the high score.

  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #7 - February 27, 2013, 06:10 AM
    Oh Jila, your sarcasm is SO HOT. You wouldn't happen to be free sometime in this century would you?
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #8 - February 27, 2013, 06:11 AM
    Quote from: Jila on February 27, 2013, 06:05 AM
    =.=' kill

    *takes lame jokes elsewhere* =.='


    mmm...sushi.....

    (Clicky for piccy!)


    I don't just kill jokes. I  beatdeadhorse them. Be forewarned.
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #9 - February 27, 2013, 06:15 AM
    Quote from: sethyboy0 on February 27, 2013, 06:10 AM
    Oh Jila, your sarcasm is SO HOT. You wouldn't happen to be free sometime in this century would you?


    Quote from: ZooBear 

    • Surah Al-Fil: In an epic game of Angry Birds, Allah uses birds (that drop pebbles) to destroy an army riding elephants whose intentions were to destroy the Kaaba. No one has beaten the high score.

  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #10 - February 27, 2013, 06:17 AM
    Quote from: sethyboy0 on February 27, 2013, 06:10 AM
    Oh Jila, your sarcasm is SO HOT. You wouldn't happen to be free sometime in this century would you?


    Flirting is not the same as expressing a romantic or sexual interest. This is because on the internet there is an incredible uncertainty related to communications, especially of the romantic sorts. For example, while some are comfortable dating online, others would balk at the very notion, considering it desperate or even unsafe (the latter maybe with good reason). Combine this with the fact that it is impossible to express vocal tone via internet text based communications, and it becomes very difficult to judge the intentions of any potentially romantic parties online.
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #11 - February 27, 2013, 06:21 AM
    Quote from: Jila on February 27, 2013, 06:15 AM
    (Clicky for piccy!)


    The shortening of the attention span of the average western adolescent could be seen as a very worrying trend in our civilization. Not only is it making the aforementioned generation very unsuitable for workplace responsibilities, it is also hampering their ability to learn and grasp anything other than the simplest of ideas. An internet meme for example is a manifestation of the factors that are coming to shape the fut...


    Aww, fuck this. Bored of this shit, I'm out...
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #12 - February 27, 2013, 07:57 AM
    I'm not mad yet, you suck at this.

    Asbie is totally going in the friend zone...

    Congrats Asbie, you're the first man in my friend zone. You know you suck when you get in a straight guy's friend zone.
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #13 - March 02, 2013, 05:57 AM
    Or maybe that was my plan all along?



    J/K I'm a walking ball of hate.
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #14 - March 02, 2013, 07:03 AM
    And that's why we love you Smiley
  • "Friend zone" now part of the Oxford Dictionary
     Reply #15 - March 02, 2013, 07:46 AM
    One of these days I'll find that article for you, and you'll love me even more Sethyboy.  Kiss
    Quote from: yeezevee on February 11, 2016, 02:05 PM
    how fuck works without shit??


    Let's Play Chess!

    harakaat, friend, RIP
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