Idiom
friend with benefits
Meaning
A friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They are friends with benefits, not a couple.”
“She decided to keep things casual and became friends with benefits with her neighbor.”
“While they enjoyed the intimacy of being friends with benefits, they both knew the arrangement could not last forever.”
Examples
simple
“They are friends with benefits, not a couple.”
contextual
“She decided to keep things casual and became friends with benefits with her neighbor.”
complex
“While they enjoyed the intimacy of being friends with benefits, they both knew the arrangement could not last forever.”
Origin
Possibly first used by Alanis Morissette for her 1995 song “Head over Feet”, although in the original context it seems to refer to a committed rather than a casual relationship.
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