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"The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship."
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"(slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship."
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnd zəʊn/",
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnd zoʊn/",
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"word": "friend-zone"
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"alt": "ḵāna(t) aṣ-ṣadāqa",
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"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَانَة الصَدَاقَة"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "朋友區間"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "péngyou qūjiān",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "朋友区间"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "nl",
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"masculine"
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"word": "friendzone"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "amikzono"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "situation",
"word": "kaverisektori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "friendzone"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Friendzone"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "frent zóoun",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φρεντ ζόουν"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "filikí zóni",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φιλική ζώνη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פרינדזון"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "friendzone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zona amici"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "furendozōn",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "フレンドゾーン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "from the rejecter's perspective",
"roman": "eojanggwalli",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "어장관리"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zòna amis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "friendzone"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zona de amizade"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "friendzone"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frendzóna",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "френдзо́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zóna drúžby",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зо́на дру́жбы"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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"word": "пријатељска зо́на"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "prijateljska zóna"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zona de amigos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "situation",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "zona amistosa"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "frendzóna",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "френдзо́на"
}
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"The One with the Blackout"
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"word": "friendzoner"
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "just friends"
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{
"word": "LJBF"
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{
"word": "nice guy syndrome"
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"ref": "2015, Wendy Higgins, chapter 1, in Sweet Temptation, HarperCollins, →ISBN:",
"text": "The bloke tries to get her attention back, but I've friendzoned him. Poor guy. I do feel bad for the ones who have to try so hard.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2019, Ira Trivedi, Sachin Bhatia, chapter 1, in The Desi Guide to Dating, Harper Collins, →ISBN:",
"text": "While being friendzoned is not a problem, what can be a problem is if it's not clear to both people that ONLY friendship and nothing more is on offer.",
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"To classify as a friend, without any possibility of a romantic relationship."
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"(slang, transitive) To classify as a friend, without any possibility of a romantic relationship."
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnd zəʊn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnd zoʊn/",
"tags": [
"US"
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"word": "friendzone"
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{
"word": "friend-zone"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "發朋友卡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "发朋友卡"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "luokitella kaverisektoriin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "friendzoner"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "friendzonare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "friendzonować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "colocar/deixar na friendzone"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frendzónitʹ",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "френдзо́нить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "querer solamente como amigo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "clasificar como amigo no más"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "marginar a la zona amical"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to classify as a friend with no possibility of a romantic relationship",
"word": "relegar a la zona amistosa"
}
],
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"Friends",
"The One with the Blackout"
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}
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