friendzone

friendzone (plural friendzones)

1. Alternative spelling of friend zone.
   • 2022 August 19, Ekua Hagan, “How People Deal With Being in "The Friend Zone"”, in Psychology Today‎^[1]:

     Overall, relationships became more strained after attempts to convert to romance, regardless of whether they gave it a shot or went straight to the friendzone.

friendzone (third-person singular simple present friendzones, present participle friendzoning, simple past and past participle friendzoned)

1. Alternative spelling of friend zone.
   • 2015, Wendy Higgins, chapter 1, in Sweet Temptation, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2019, Ira Trivedi, Sachin Bhatia, chapter 1, in The Desi Guide to Dating, Harper Collins, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2022 August 19, Ekua Hagan, “How People Deal With Being in "The Friend Zone"”, in Psychology Today‎^[2]:

     Whether friendzoning outcomes would be different depending on if the initiation took place in the context of an established "strong" friendship or a newer, more tenuous one is a question for further research.

• friend zone

Borrowed from English friendzone.

friendzone f (plural friendzones)

1. friend zone
   • 2019 May 8, Gala, “Friendzone VS Fuckzone”, in Gala's Blog‎^[3]:

     La friendzone est très mal vue et généralement dénoncée par les hommes (bien évidemment, l’inverse existe aussi).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• friend zone

Borrowed from English friendzone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛnd.zon/, /frendˈzon/
• Rhymes: -ɛndzon, -on
• Hyphenation: friènd‧zone, friend‧zóne

friendzone f (uncountable)

1. (neologism, informal) friend zone

   Synonym: (calque) zona amici

• friendzonare