Another kind of buddy

[Erik Hoover]

I know from a source that in the 1990s a Canadian auto-parts plant
singled out the term "buddy" as unacceptable because of harassment
connotations.

Are these sexual senses of buddy connected with "bunky"?  I had an ex-
Navy acquaintance who called me that and it always struck a
discordant note for me.

Erik

On Jun 12, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Scot LaFaive wrote:

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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)
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> 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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