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Oct 31, 2023 · Saying "Hey Buddy" is somewhat analogous to using the honorific "-kun" in Japanese. A stiff and over-formal, but less patronizing, way to address a boy in the same context would be to say "Young Sir". The use of the term "buddy" as a descriptive word for someone, rather than as a hailname, is much less problematic and sensitive, however.
Jan 29, 2014 · On 'buddy', in the UK this is considered an American term, and is used for example at universities or clubs each new student gets assigned an existing member as a 'buddy'. Here it is used for any combination of genders.
Dec 4, 2015 · As in "fishing buddy" with whom you only go fishing (but don't invite over). Or Gilligan's "little buddy" status (first mate) relative to the Skipper. Or the "buddy system" for certain activities like swimming, where you're only paired with someone (random) for the duration.
I'm not your friend buddy is an internet phenomenon that was inspired by an episode of "South Park". Usually occurring on message boards, the first person says "I'm not your friend buddy" and the next person will use the use the last word in the first comment as the first word in their comment, and will switch the their last word with either "pal", or "guy".
Buddy is pluralised or not primarily depending on whether more than one buddy has a car that might have been used. Colloquially, car is normally pluralised - largely because no-one wants to get bogged down in the question of whether "one of" identifies a specific buddy, or a specific car (although common, the syntax is inherently ambiguous).
Feb 1, 2022 · It's not very common. In text, since 1960, 'Pal', 'buddy', and 'chum' all stay relatively very low until 1990, but then 'buddy' rises fast to about 7 times as frequent by 2010 and 'pal' to 3 times as frequent. If you modify the parameters in NGrams, you'll see that limiting to the British or American corpus doesn't change the trend much.
Feb 26, 2016 · Point and wink comes pretty close (), but doesn't get you the thumbs up.In fact, the image you posted shows up in that search result.
Sep 1, 2016 · I think bum buddy is the "original" version. I also think it's primarily a British usage, even though buddy is essentially American. The superficially more consistent butt buddies is gaining traction, but they're all offensive, so "correct" doesn't apply. –
Aug 25, 2011 · I have only ever heard it used to refer to someone who participates in a ‘buddy programme’ for children with various developmental disabilities. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Commented Nov 23, 2014 at 21:03
Nov 12, 2017 · 你说的这个buddy应该指的是加在句子末尾的，比如，how are you, buddy？ 一般男性之间会加这个词，不同国家加的不一样，同类的还有，mate, dude, man。 没实际意思，how are you不如how are you, mate亲切，更不如how are you＋名字亲切。
