Another kind of buddy

[Scot LaFaive]

>When I was a beginning truck driver, I was told not to be saying that
>someone was my buddy.

This reminds of something that has been stuck in my melon for a while. I've
noticed that quite a few males that I know in their mid to late 20's and up
seem to refer to their other male friends as "buddies," not "friends." I've
resisted this "buddy" designation and continue to call my friends "friends,"
but I find it curious that "buddy" has been chosen by these people. This is
in middle Wisconsin; do others hear this elsewhere?

Scot LaFaive


>From: Darla Wells <dlw3208 at LOUISIANA.EDU>
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>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:43:07 -0500
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>When I was a beginning truck driver, I was told not to be saying that
>someone
>was my buddy. When I asked why, I was told that the definition of buddy is
>"someone who will go get a blow job and bring you back one." I have no idea
>where he got that one, but I heard it a few times. This was in Southern
>California in the 80's. I wonder if that comes from a similar place as
>"fuck
>buddy."
>Darla
>
>With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a
>frog into a Ph.D and you still have the frog you started with. (Terry
>Pratchett)
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>From: Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
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> > I received a suggestive email this morning asking if I was looking
> > for a "fuck buddy," which got me interested in that phrase. After
> > searching Google Books I found a clear citation from 1988. "This is
> > my hot little fuck buddy, bet you wished you had one."
> >
>(http://books.google.com/books?id=0beFHDjvLJcC&pg=PA112&dq=%22fuck+buddy%22&sig=-rGEmczcLT1iSW4Tzk_y4wqozwI)
> >
> > There is also a citation from 1985, but I can't confirm the
> > copyright date because it is only in snippet view. "He is what they
> > call in the parlance a "fuck buddy.""
> >
>(http://books.google.com/books?id=EL2iFtUbhY8C&q=%22fuck+buddy%22&dq=%22fuck+buddy%22&pgis=1)
> >
> > Interesting sidenote: this phrase more often shows up in gay-based
> > works on Google Books. BTW, does anyone know who to see all of the
> > hits on Google Groups? When I search and get 9000 hits for this
> > phrase, I can only see the first ten pages but I suspect there are
> > more. I've had this happen before.
> >
> > Scot LaFaive
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