Timeline for Is there a single word for a "friend of a friend"?
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| May 29, 2012 at 10:10 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 9, 2011 at 18:09 | comment | added | Andy F | @Fumble, that's fair - if a more appropriate answer comes along, I'll be upvoting it too. And I agree about the scope of the question - more context might have been more useful. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 16:20 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Well I don't want to seem nit-picky. It's quite true a mutual acquaintance could be someone you've only met once (maybe just to say hello, at the margin). I didn't downvote your answer, and if there's no better answer within a day or two I'll probably upvote it as the best that can be done. On reflection, OP's question is a bit woolly - if the FOAF is known personally by one and only one of the two people conversing, just say "your/my friend" as appropriate. FOAF is only relevant when you're talking to someone completely unconnected. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 16:03 | vote | accept | Rahul | ||
| Sep 9, 2011 at 15:46 | comment | added | Andy F | @Fumble, I don't think that mutual acquaintance is as restrictive as you think. I certainly don't feel like there are negative connotations surrounding the phrase. The only restriction, I feel, is that you have to have met someone before considering them an acquaintance. If the OP hasn't met the person in question, perhaps just referring to them as "your/his/her acquaintance" would suffice. In answer to your second point, I couldn't think of a single word, so I provided this as an alternative. I don't think that single word requests preclude multiple word answers. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 15:14 | comment | added | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | @Andy F: No worries. Fried made me remember unfortunate chickens, so I had to correct it! :) | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 15:11 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Firstly, "Mutual Acquaintance" places considerable restriction on the scope of FOAF. Secondly, OP explicitly asked for a single word. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 15:10 | history | edited | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 9, 2011 at 15:08 | history | answered | Andy F | CC BY-SA 3.0 |