Friecquaintance
Someone who isn't as close as a friend, yet far up from being an ordinary acquaintance. The word for the grey area of a casual or professional relationship.
Joe: Yeah so you goin' to the corner store with your friends?
Jane: Well they're not really my friends, Joe.
Joe: Then what are they? Acquaintances?
Jane: More to me than that, I guess I could call them my.. 'friecquaintances'.
Joe: Say whaaaat?!
Jane: Well they're not really my friends, Joe.
Joe: Then what are they? Acquaintances?
Jane: More to me than that, I guess I could call them my.. 'friecquaintances'.
Joe: Say whaaaat?!