FW: Another kind of buddy

[Frank Abate]

The following from my son, age 23, living in Brooklyn, college degree from a
DC school, raised in Conn.



My reply to him is that the ADS enjoys tackling slang and profanity as much
as other forms of speech . . . and maybe more (?).



Frank Abate

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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:53 PM
To: Frank Abate
Subject: Re: Another kind of buddy



Yes, very common place in college lexicon these days.  Such an arrangement
is much sought after by college males but rarely attained.  You got the
definition: it's casual sex but different than a hook up or one night stand
because it's a regularly occurring thing with (supposedly) no emotional
attachments.  These arrangements never last very long, as you can imagine.

Does the ADS normally tackle slang and profanity?
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On 6/12/07, Frank Abate <FABATE at cinci.rr.com  <mailto:FABATE at cinci.rr.com> >
wrote:

I just recently heard the fuck buddy collocation from a younger (about 19)
female friend in reference to a male about her age that she has occasional
sex with but without any sort of emotional or long-term commitment (referred
to as "NSA" in personal classifieds; = 'no strings attached').  She said it
quite off-handedly, suggesting to me that it was part of her everyday
working vocabulary, at least in informal contexts.  She is a server in a
restaurant and is attending college in this (Cincinnati) area.

FB is then heterosexual in the use I heard.  I can attest that it is not an
unusual phrase in the sense I am referring to, at least not among (some of)
the younger people I have (over)heard.

I am bcc'ing my aged-20ish children and nephews on this; will report.

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