friend with benefits
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friend with benefits
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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.
noun friends with benefits
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A friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.
“I’m just saying that usually when you have a friend who’s a girl, it’s not just that she’s your friend. Either you’ve known her a long time, or she’s a friend with benefits.”
Similar: fuck buddy
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noun friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship
| Español | amigo con ventajas, amiga con ventajas, amigo con derechos, amiga con derechos, amigovio, amigovia |
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| 한국어 | 섹스 프렌드 sekseu peurendeu |
| 日本語 | セックスフレンド sekkusu furendo, セフレ sefure |
| 中文 | 炮友 pàoyǒu, 性夥伴 /性伙伴 xìnghuǒbàn, 性火伴 xìnghuǒbàn, 性伴侶 /性伴侣 xìngbànlǚ |
| Português | amigo colorido, ficante, peguete, amiga colorida |
| Français | sex friend, ami avec bénéfices, amie avec bénéfices |
| Deutsch | Freund mit gewissen Vorzügen, Freundin mit gewissen Vorzügen, Sexfreund, Sexfreundin |
| Italiano | amico di letto, amica di letto, scopamico, trombamico |
| Română | prieten cu beneficii, prietenă cu beneficii |
| Русский | партнёр по се́ксу partnjór po séksu, партнёрша по се́ксу partnjórša po séksu, се́кс по дру́жбе séks po drúžbe, друг с привилегиями drug s privilegijami |
| עברית | יָזִיז yazíz, יְזִיזָה yezíza |
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title = {friend with benefits},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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