stranger zone
An unfortunate state of affairs which occurs when an young lad or lady bemoans being placed in the friend zone, while no actual friendship existed to begin with.
That dude made a play for the bartender he met an hour ago, and she put him in the stranger zone with a vengeance.
stranger zone
A situation wherein you really want to be friends with someone but they don't want to be friends with you.
"Dude, that new rich kid keeps putting me back in the stranger zone every time I try to be nice to him.
Stranger-zoned
When you attempt to be anything more that a stranger and you are shot down.
I knew I was stranger-zoned the moment he said, I don't know if I'd refer to our relationship as friendship...