Another kind of buddy

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Wed Jun 13 15:01:06 UTC 2007


At 6/13/2007 08:35 AM, you wrote:
>The word
>"buddy" is usually (though not always) applied to a man's male friend or
>helper, e.g. the "buddy system" in swimming.  (However, one can imagine
>a girl's swimming class using the buddy system.)

In coed summer camp, I always tried to buddy up with an attractive girl.

Joel

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