f**** buddy euphemism?

[neil]

(?) a euphemism for heterosexual use of 'fuck buddy':

"Who's Jess?" Natalie says, he interest suddenly peaked [? piqued].

"His lady-friend."

Jessica the Sweet Valley Twin. Does lady friend mean girlfriend?
Almost-girlfriend? Sex buddy?

--Sarah Mylnowski, 'Milkrun', Red dress Ink, Richmond, 2002, 107

Neil Crawford

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