I need more words for “friend.” What do you call that person you really like a lot, but have only met in person once? What do you call that person you wish you spent more time with, but who you connect with every time you’re together? What do you call the people you work with? What do you call all these various people who come into our day? They’re all friends. But how do you explain the context? “This is my friend who I’d take a bullet for, and that is my friend I think of as the ‘will you Digg this?’ friend.” What do you call people who add you on Facebook that you don’t exactly know, but that you seem reasonably nice?
Twitter did away with friends. They just tell me that I’m following 1373 people. Seems fair enough. Facebook tries to let me explain them, but with silly terms. But even in face-to-face this is tricky. What do I call some of you? I’m sticking with “friend.”
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