buddyn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌdi/, U.S.

/ˈbədi/

Forms: 1600s– buddy, 1800s buddee.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brother n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably representing a regional pronunciation of brother n. (compare regional forms with medial u at that entry), with the ending perhaps influenced by association with -y suffix⁶. Compare later bud n.³ Perhaps compare also the Scots variants with medial u of body n. (compare body n. 11), and later butty n.¹ 1.The following earlier examples of Buddy as a term of endearment show a different formation ( < bud n.¹ 3b + -y suffix⁶):1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 42 I shou'd be weary of the world for the vices of it, but that thou comfort'st me sometimes, Buddy.1697 T. D'Urfey Cinthia & Endimion iii. i. 13 How is't Buddy, hah. How dost do Chick.1724 Mr. Sandford Female Fop iv. 50 Nay, but Buddy, dear, sweet Buddy! only a little Recreation mun, for the Consolation of the outward Man.

a. colloquial (originally Caribbean, now chiefly U.S.). Used as a familiar form of address to a man or boy, sometimes one whose name is not known.Occasionally with overtones of sarcasm or aggression; cf. pal n.³See also good buddy n. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c.

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1788 C. Dibdin Musical Tour lxxxix. 359 Cudgo..meeting with another negro on the road, he accosted—‘Ah how you do buddy.’ ‘Ah,’ replied the other, ‘what buddy Cudgo! wat a divle you carry one someting dere.’

1850 ‘B. Premium’ Eight Years in Brit. Guiana 218 Buddy (brother) how you can tink me sha' talk so to you?

1851 Bentley's Misc. 30 196 ‘Massa Ben Soco,’ said he, ‘me come to you of my own head to axe your exbice.’ ‘To axe my exbice, buddee? Wharra for de matter?’

1897 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 727/1 Say, Buddy, you ain't a pedler, are you?

1937 Daily Express 17 Mar. 12/2 When I went into the night nursery to get the boys up I was greeted with a shout of ‘Stick 'em up, buddy’.

1954 P. K. Dick Small Town in Amazing Stories May 14/1 ‘Watch it, buddy,’ a laborer muttered ominously, as Haskel shoved past him.

2009 R. Parker Thorns & Roses xxiii. 164 Randall's cousin Harry took his hand and said, ‘Come on, little buddy. We're going to Aunt Florence's house.’

2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Mar. a15/5 I heard footsteps behind me... I heard a Brooklyn-accented ‘Hey, buddy!’ from the footstepper's direction.

b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A friend, a pal. to be buddies with: to be friendly with (another person); to have as a friend.drinking buddy, foxhole buddy, fuck buddy, etc.: see the first element.

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend

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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]

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Ndugu1973

1895 E. Thomson Old Man Savarin 204 My ‘buddy’ Charley, the most popular boy of Company I, was of my own age,—seventeen.

1921 Everybody's Oct. 92/1 Sam Hill, one of his best buddies, had gone to jail. Jail!

1952 M. Laski Village vi. 102 Those two are getting to be such buddies they can't bear to be parted.

1993 Playboy Feb. 9/1 Everyone William Safire ever worked for, or was buddies with, turned out to be either a crook or a slimeball.

2007 Observer 23 Sept. (Mag.) 33/1 The temptations of spending weeks on the road with work buddies who drink every night.

2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) xx. 176 He'd been bragging to his buddy in the bathroom about how he'd felt up some chick at a party after she passed out.

2. Caribbean and U.S. (chiefly southern and Midland) colloquial. A brother.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun]

brotherOE

born brotherOE

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1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. xxv. 201 The relative family names among them are, old granta, grandmother; old daddy, grandfather; daddy, father; mammy, mother; sissy, sister; buddy, brother; unco, uncle; anté, aunt.

1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 284/2 ‘Look, sister, see; the sky's got the measles!’ ‘No, buddy,’ said she,..‘it's only freckled.’

1893 M. A. Owen Old Rabbit ix. 127 He sent her wuhd by 'er own lil buddy (brother) dat he gwine ter come arter 'er de Sunday a-follerin'.

1992 R. Monar High House & Radio 96 Nowadays, you cyaan trust some buddy an sissy never mind them come-out pon one mumma-belly.

a. Originally: either of a pair of miners working together in the same area of a mine. Later more generally: either of two individuals, each of whom takes responsibility for the other's safety or welfare, esp. during sporting activities. Also: either member of a pairing, esp. at a school or workplace, in which one member is assigned to provide support for the other. Cf. buddy system n. at Compounds.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who

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backer-up1921

1893 2nd Ann. Rep. Commissioner Labor & Inspector Mines (Tennessee) 155 I know that he was killed by falling slate. I was his ‘buddy’ working with him.

1917 U. Sinclair King Coal i. 30 A man might sink to sleep as he lay at work, and if his ‘buddy’, or helper, happened to be out of sight, and to delay a minute too long, it would be all over with the man.

1942 Sci. News Let. 20 June 323/3 The ‘Auracraft’ is a work project in which each [epileptic] patient is assigned a ‘buddy’ who works with him... Each watches out for the other and a nurse is in constant attendance in the event of an attack.

1951 Boys' Life June 15/2 A signal is given approximately every ten minutes. Immediately each Scout grasps the hand of his buddy, and a buddy check is taken.

1978 A. P. Balder Sport Diving i. 4 Maintain contact with your buddy by sight and sound.

1995 B. A. Reardon Educating for Human Dignity iv. 56 A ‘buddy system’ may be implemented in the school between older and younger classes so that older students can experience a sense of responsibility for their younger ‘buddies’.

2003 B. J. Farber Superstar Sales Secrets (rev. ed.) iii. 59 On their first day of work, reps are given an orientation in the training room and assigned a buddy.

2012 Scuba Apr. 79/1 There are four reflective strips..to give your buddy a fighting chance of spotting you underwater.

b. A person who befriends and provides support for someone with AIDS or (later) any incapacitating disease.

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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > patients' welfare officer

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buddy1984

1984 Esquire Dec. 272/2 The patients..are a wreck... We act as their buddies.

1989 Independent 21 Mar. 15/5 When one of the members crossed the Rubicon from HIV to Aids, Helpline always appointed two or three buddies to ‘see the person through’.

1995 New Scientist 4 Feb. 43/2 Working in hospices as an AIDS ‘buddy’.

2000 Fairfield (Connecticut) Minuteman 24 Feb. a9/1 A prostate cancer ‘Buddy Program’ has been launched..to offer first-hand information, understanding and support for men with prostate cancer.

Compounds

buddy boy n. originally and chiefly U.S. (chiefly as a form of address) a close male friend, a pal.In later use often with overtones of sarcasm or aggression.

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1918 R. D. Paine Call Offshore Wind xii. 272 It ain't nacheral, buddy boy. Who is that ol' tarrapin that's master of her?

1958 B. Holiday Lady Sings Blues viii. 76 If one of those cats loves you, I'm sorry, you've got yourself a buddy-boy.

1971 Black World Apr. 61 I been your buddy-boy through it all.

2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 11 Don't think this lets you off the hook, buddy boy. I don't have to tell you what a wicked degenerate you are.

buddy film n. originally U.S. a film portraying a close friendship between two people of the same sex, typically men; a buddy movie; cf. buddy-buddy film n. at buddy-buddy n. and adj. Compounds.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types

romantic comedy1748

epic1785

pre-release1871

foreign film1899

frivol1903

dramedy1905

film loop1906

first run1910

detective film1911

colour film1912

news film1912

topical1912

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scenic1913

sport1913

newsreel1914

serial1914

sex comedy1915

war picture1915

telefilm1919

comic1920

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art house1925

quickie1926

turkey1927

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space opera1941

telepic1944

biopic1947

kinescope1949

TV movie1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

deepie1953

misterioso1953

film noir1956

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psychodrama1956

free film1958

prequel1958

co-production1959

glossy1960

sexploiter1960

sci-fier1961

tie-in1962

chanchada1963

romcom1963

wuxia1963

chick flick1964

showreel1964

mockumentary1965

sword-and-sandal1965

schlockbuster1966

mondo1967

peplum1968

thriller1968

whydunit1968

schlocker1969

buddy-buddy movie1972

buddy-buddy film1974

buddy film1974

science-fictioner1974

screwball1974

buddy movie1975

slasher movie1975

swashbuckler1975

filmi1976

triptych1976

autobiopic1977

Britcom1977

kidflick1977

noir1977

bodice-ripper1979

chopsocky1981

date movie1983

kaiju eiga1984

screener1986

neo-noir1987

indie1990

bromance2001

hack-and-slash2002

mumblecore2005

dark fantasy2007

hack-and-slay2007

gorefest2012

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1974 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. 82/1 ‘The Sting’, and..‘California Split’, two of the more successful of the recent rash of ‘buddy’ films.

1989 Cineaste Sept. 48/3 The mechanics of the buddy film whir into gear—the familiar tango between the avuncular pragmatist and the callow idealist.

1993 S. Willis in A. Collins et al. Film Theory goes to Movies vii. 120 Summer, 1991 witnessed the spectacle of a modest female buddy film, Thelma and Louise.

2014 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 17 Oct. It's a fun frolic with some guaranteed laughs that takes the buddy-film format to task while still giving us one more likable, if slightly skewed, twosome.

buddy list n. Computing (a proprietary name for) a component of an instant messaging or chat application consisting of a panel which displays a list of the user's contacts, typically also giving a visual indication as to whether they are online and available to chat; a list of a user's contacts displayed by such an application.The term buddy list was originally used to refer to a component of AOL Instant Messenger; it is now frequently used more widely to refer to a similar component of any chat or instant messaging application.

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1996 Let. from Steve Case in alt.aol-sucks (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Mar. Of the many new tools we're developing this year to increase the sense of community on AOL, I'd like to introduce you to ‘Buddy Lists’.

2002 Fortune 24 June 130/3 ‘I'll IM you about tonight!’ a girl will shout... ‘Is he on your buddy list?’ someone else will ask.

2006 T. Wallingford VoIP Hacks iii. 67 The second button provides a drop-down menu that lets you change your Skype status..and export your Outlook contacts to Skype's buddy list.

buddy movie n. originally U.S. a movie portraying a close friendship between two people of the same sex, typically men; cf. buddy-buddy movie n. at buddy-buddy n. and adj. Compounds.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types

romantic comedy1748

epic1785

pre-release1871

foreign film1899

frivol1903

dramedy1905

film loop1906

first run1910

detective film1911

colour film1912

news film1912

topical1912

cinemicrograph1913

scenic1913

sport1913

newsreel1914

serial1914

sex comedy1915

war picture1915

telefilm1919

comic1920

true crime1923

art house1925

quickie1926

turkey1927

two-reeler1928

smellie1929

disaster film1930

musical1930

feelie1931

sticky1934

action comedy1936

quota quickie1936

re-release1936

screwball comedy1937

telemovie1937

pickup1939

video film1939

actioner1940

space opera1941

telepic1944

biopic1947

kinescope1949

TV movie1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

deepie1953

misterioso1953

film noir1956

policier1956

psychodrama1956

free film1958

prequel1958

co-production1959

glossy1960

sexploiter1960

sci-fier1961

tie-in1962

chanchada1963

romcom1963

wuxia1963

chick flick1964

showreel1964

mockumentary1965

sword-and-sandal1965

schlockbuster1966

mondo1967

peplum1968

thriller1968

whydunit1968

schlocker1969

buddy-buddy movie1972

buddy-buddy film1974

buddy film1974

science-fictioner1974

screwball1974

buddy movie1975

slasher movie1975

swashbuckler1975

filmi1976

triptych1976

autobiopic1977

Britcom1977

kidflick1977

noir1977

bodice-ripper1979

chopsocky1981

date movie1983

kaiju eiga1984

screener1986

neo-noir1987

indie1990

bromance2001

hack-and-slash2002

mumblecore2005

dark fantasy2007

hack-and-slay2007

gorefest2012

kidult-

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types

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straight to DVD1997

1975 Films & Filming July 6/2 She describes the male buddy movies as ‘retreats into adolescence’.

1989 Spy (N.Y.) Aug. 17/2 Rain Man was a brother movie, not a buddy movie.

1993 Mod. Rev. Aug. 19/2 Come on. I'm perfect buddy movie material.

2010 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 34/1 At its heart, this is a buddy movie, an Eighties bromance, in which two ill-matched alpha males bond over a crisis.

buddy system n. (a) originally U.S. a cooperative arrangement whereby a pair of individuals take responsibility for each other's safety or welfare, or whereby one member of the pair is assigned to provide support for the other; cf. sense 3; (b) North American the practice of appointing friends or allies to positions of influence or otherwise showing them special favour.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after > system of looking after one another

buddy system1921

1921 Cavalry Jrnl. Oct. 381 Cadets were formed and marched to swimming, where the buddy system was employed, two cadets constantly swimming..together.

1971 New Society 1 July 22/3 Alcoholics Anonymous attribute much of their success to the ‘buddy system’.

1972 A. J. Glass in J. G. Smith Polit. Brokers ii. 46 Politically, it's a great situation. I tell him who to see. I help him out. It's the buddy system, you know.

1991 Philadelphia Inquirer 15 Aug. a22/1 The Health Department task force also proposes to set up a buddy system in which residents would agree to keep an eye on older neighbors.

2002 N.Y. Times 18 Feb. a3/4 Positions that in many cases cover up a payback for favors, a buddy system, political operations or crass nepotism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	buddy
释义	buddyn. Brit. /ˈbʌdi/, U.S. /ˈbədi/ Forms: 1600s– buddy, 1800s buddee. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brother n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably representing a regional pronunciation of brother n. (compare regional forms with medial u at that entry), with the ending perhaps influenced by association with -y suffix⁶. Compare later bud n.³ Perhaps compare also the Scots variants with medial u of body n. (compare body n. 11), and later butty n.¹ 1.The following earlier examples of Buddy as a term of endearment show a different formation ( < bud n.¹ 3b + -y suffix⁶):1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 42 I shou'd be weary of the world for the vices of it, but that thou comfort'st me sometimes, Buddy.1697 T. D'Urfey Cinthia & Endimion iii. i. 13 How is't Buddy, hah. How dost do Chick.1724 Mr. Sandford Female Fop iv. 50 Nay, but Buddy, dear, sweet Buddy! only a little Recreation mun, for the Consolation of the outward Man. 1. a. colloquial (originally Caribbean, now chiefly U.S.). Used as a familiar form of address to a man or boy, sometimes one whose name is not known.Occasionally with overtones of sarcasm or aggression; cf. pal n.³See also good buddy n. at good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1788 C. Dibdin Musical Tour lxxxix. 359 Cudgo..meeting with another negro on the road, he accosted—‘Ah how you do buddy.’ ‘Ah,’ replied the other, ‘what buddy Cudgo! wat a divle you carry one someting dere.’ 1850 ‘B. Premium’ Eight Years in Brit. Guiana 218 Buddy (brother) how you can tink me sha' talk so to you? 1851 Bentley's Misc. 30 196 ‘Massa Ben Soco,’ said he, ‘me come to you of my own head to axe your exbice.’ ‘To axe my exbice, buddee? Wharra for de matter?’ 1897 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 727/1 Say, Buddy, you ain't a pedler, are you? 1937 Daily Express 17 Mar. 12/2 When I went into the night nursery to get the boys up I was greeted with a shout of ‘Stick 'em up, buddy’. 1954 P. K. Dick Small Town in Amazing Stories May 14/1 ‘Watch it, buddy,’ a laborer muttered ominously, as Haskel shoved past him. 2009 R. Parker Thorns & Roses xxiii. 164 Randall's cousin Harry took his hand and said, ‘Come on, little buddy. We're going to Aunt Florence's house.’ 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Mar. a15/5 I heard footsteps behind me... I heard a Brooklyn-accented ‘Hey, buddy!’ from the footstepper's direction. b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A friend, a pal. to be buddies with: to be friendly with (another person); to have as a friend.drinking buddy, foxhole buddy, fuck buddy, etc.: see the first element. 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Thomson Old Man Savarin 204 My ‘buddy’ Charley, the most popular boy of Company I, was of my own age,—seventeen. 1921 Everybody's Oct. 92/1 Sam Hill, one of his best buddies, had gone to jail. Jail! 1952 M. Laski Village vi. 102 Those two are getting to be such buddies they can't bear to be parted. 1993 Playboy Feb. 9/1 Everyone William Safire ever worked for, or was buddies with, turned out to be either a crook or a slimeball. 2007 Observer 23 Sept. (Mag.) 33/1 The temptations of spending weeks on the road with work buddies who drink every night. 2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) xx. 176 He'd been bragging to his buddy in the bathroom about how he'd felt up some chick at a party after she passed out. 2. Caribbean and U.S. (chiefly southern and Midland) colloquial. A brother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] brotherOE born brotherOE broa1530 billy1724 buddy1834 bredda1837 bub1841 boetie1867 bruvver1867 Brer1878 bro1893 boet1920 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. xxv. 201 The relative family names among them are, old granta, grandmother; old daddy, grandfather; daddy, father; mammy, mother; sissy, sister; buddy, brother; unco, uncle; anté, aunt. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 284/2 ‘Look, sister, see; the sky's got the measles!’ ‘No, buddy,’ said she,..‘it's only freckled.’ 1893 M. A. Owen Old Rabbit ix. 127 He sent her wuhd by 'er own lil buddy (brother) dat he gwine ter come arter 'er de Sunday a-follerin'. 1992 R. Monar High House & Radio 96 Nowadays, you cyaan trust some buddy an sissy never mind them come-out pon one mumma-belly. 3. a. Originally: either of a pair of miners working together in the same area of a mine. Later more generally: either of two individuals, each of whom takes responsibility for the other's safety or welfare, esp. during sporting activities. Also: either member of a pairing, esp. at a school or workplace, in which one member is assigned to provide support for the other. Cf. buddy system n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who uptakera1340 holder-upc1374 upbearer1387 bearera1398 undernimmera1400 weighera1400 upholderc1403 ally1406 allya1431 godfather?1541 propper1549 tower of strength1549 backer1583 moyener?1591 backfriend1599 stayer1611 suppositor1629 susceptor1652 standby1712 bottle holder1788 understander1875 buddy1893 anchorman1895 backer-up1921 1893 2nd Ann. Rep. Commissioner Labor & Inspector Mines (Tennessee) 155 I know that he was killed by falling slate. I was his ‘buddy’ working with him. 1917 U. Sinclair King Coal i. 30 A man might sink to sleep as he lay at work, and if his ‘buddy’, or helper, happened to be out of sight, and to delay a minute too long, it would be all over with the man. 1942 Sci. News Let. 20 June 323/3 The ‘Auracraft’ is a work project in which each [epileptic] patient is assigned a ‘buddy’ who works with him... Each watches out for the other and a nurse is in constant attendance in the event of an attack. 1951 Boys' Life June 15/2 A signal is given approximately every ten minutes. Immediately each Scout grasps the hand of his buddy, and a buddy check is taken. 1978 A. P. Balder Sport Diving i. 4 Maintain contact with your buddy by sight and sound. 1995 B. A. Reardon Educating for Human Dignity iv. 56 A ‘buddy system’ may be implemented in the school between older and younger classes so that older students can experience a sense of responsibility for their younger ‘buddies’. 2003 B. J. Farber Superstar Sales Secrets (rev. ed.) iii. 59 On their first day of work, reps are given an orientation in the training room and assigned a buddy. 2012 Scuba Apr. 79/1 There are four reflective strips..to give your buddy a fighting chance of spotting you underwater. b. A person who befriends and provides support for someone with AIDS or (later) any incapacitating disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > patients' welfare officer almoner1896 buddy1984 1984 Esquire Dec. 272/2 The patients..are a wreck... We act as their buddies. 1989 Independent 21 Mar. 15/5 When one of the members crossed the Rubicon from HIV to Aids, Helpline always appointed two or three buddies to ‘see the person through’. 1995 New Scientist 4 Feb. 43/2 Working in hospices as an AIDS ‘buddy’. 2000 Fairfield (Connecticut) Minuteman 24 Feb. a9/1 A prostate cancer ‘Buddy Program’ has been launched..to offer first-hand information, understanding and support for men with prostate cancer. Compounds buddy boy n. originally and chiefly U.S. (chiefly as a form of address) a close male friend, a pal.In later use often with overtones of sarcasm or aggression. ΚΠ 1918 R. D. Paine Call Offshore Wind xii. 272 It ain't nacheral, buddy boy. Who is that ol' tarrapin that's master of her? 1958 B. Holiday Lady Sings Blues viii. 76 If one of those cats loves you, I'm sorry, you've got yourself a buddy-boy. 1971 Black World Apr. 61 I been your buddy-boy through it all. 2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 11 Don't think this lets you off the hook, buddy boy. I don't have to tell you what a wicked degenerate you are. buddy film n. originally U.S. a film portraying a close friendship between two people of the same sex, typically men; a buddy movie; cf. buddy-buddy film n. at buddy-buddy n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types romantic comedy1748 epic1785 pre-release1871 foreign film1899 frivol1903 dramedy1905 film loop1906 first run1910 detective film1911 colour film1912 news film1912 topical1912 cinemicrograph1913 scenic1913 sport1913 newsreel1914 serial1914 sex comedy1915 war picture1915 telefilm1919 comic1920 true crime1923 art house1925 quickie1926 turkey1927 two-reeler1928 smellie1929 disaster film1930 musical1930 feelie1931 sticky1934 action comedy1936 quota quickie1936 re-release1936 screwball comedy1937 telemovie1937 pickup1939 video film1939 actioner1940 space opera1941 telepic1944 biopic1947 kinescope1949 TV movie1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 deepie1953 misterioso1953 film noir1956 policier1956 psychodrama1956 free film1958 prequel1958 co-production1959 glossy1960 sexploiter1960 sci-fier1961 tie-in1962 chanchada1963 romcom1963 wuxia1963 chick flick1964 showreel1964 mockumentary1965 sword-and-sandal1965 schlockbuster1966 mondo1967 peplum1968 thriller1968 whydunit1968 schlocker1969 buddy-buddy movie1972 buddy-buddy film1974 buddy film1974 science-fictioner1974 screwball1974 buddy movie1975 slasher movie1975 swashbuckler1975 filmi1976 triptych1976 autobiopic1977 Britcom1977 kidflick1977 noir1977 bodice-ripper1979 chopsocky1981 date movie1983 kaiju eiga1984 screener1986 neo-noir1987 indie1990 bromance2001 hack-and-slash2002 mumblecore2005 dark fantasy2007 hack-and-slay2007 gorefest2012 kidult- 1974 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. 82/1 ‘The Sting’, and..‘California Split’, two of the more successful of the recent rash of ‘buddy’ films. 1989 Cineaste Sept. 48/3 The mechanics of the buddy film whir into gear—the familiar tango between the avuncular pragmatist and the callow idealist. 1993 S. Willis in A. Collins et al. Film Theory goes to Movies vii. 120 Summer, 1991 witnessed the spectacle of a modest female buddy film, Thelma and Louise. 2014 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 17 Oct. It's a fun frolic with some guaranteed laughs that takes the buddy-film format to task while still giving us one more likable, if slightly skewed, twosome. buddy list n. Computing (a proprietary name for) a component of an instant messaging or chat application consisting of a panel which displays a list of the user's contacts, typically also giving a visual indication as to whether they are online and available to chat; a list of a user's contacts displayed by such an application.The term buddy list was originally used to refer to a component of AOL Instant Messenger; it is now frequently used more widely to refer to a similar component of any chat or instant messaging application. ΚΠ 1996 Let. from Steve Case in alt.aol-sucks (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Mar. Of the many new tools we're developing this year to increase the sense of community on AOL, I'd like to introduce you to ‘Buddy Lists’. 2002 Fortune 24 June 130/3 ‘I'll IM you about tonight!’ a girl will shout... ‘Is he on your buddy list?’ someone else will ask. 2006 T. Wallingford VoIP Hacks iii. 67 The second button provides a drop-down menu that lets you change your Skype status..and export your Outlook contacts to Skype's buddy list. buddy movie n. originally U.S. a movie portraying a close friendship between two people of the same sex, typically men; cf. buddy-buddy movie n. at buddy-buddy n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types romantic comedy1748 epic1785 pre-release1871 foreign film1899 frivol1903 dramedy1905 film loop1906 first run1910 detective film1911 colour film1912 news film1912 topical1912 cinemicrograph1913 scenic1913 sport1913 newsreel1914 serial1914 sex comedy1915 war picture1915 telefilm1919 comic1920 true crime1923 art house1925 quickie1926 turkey1927 two-reeler1928 smellie1929 disaster film1930 musical1930 feelie1931 sticky1934 action comedy1936 quota quickie1936 re-release1936 screwball comedy1937 telemovie1937 pickup1939 video film1939 actioner1940 space opera1941 telepic1944 biopic1947 kinescope1949 TV movie1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 deepie1953 misterioso1953 film noir1956 policier1956 psychodrama1956 free film1958 prequel1958 co-production1959 glossy1960 sexploiter1960 sci-fier1961 tie-in1962 chanchada1963 romcom1963 wuxia1963 chick flick1964 showreel1964 mockumentary1965 sword-and-sandal1965 schlockbuster1966 mondo1967 peplum1968 thriller1968 whydunit1968 schlocker1969 buddy-buddy movie1972 buddy-buddy film1974 buddy film1974 science-fictioner1974 screwball1974 buddy movie1975 slasher movie1975 swashbuckler1975 filmi1976 triptych1976 autobiopic1977 Britcom1977 kidflick1977 noir1977 bodice-ripper1979 chopsocky1981 date movie1983 kaiju eiga1984 screener1986 neo-noir1987 indie1990 bromance2001 hack-and-slash2002 mumblecore2005 dark fantasy2007 hack-and-slay2007 gorefest2012 kidult- society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types costumed1851 foreign language1904 first run1910 Keystone1912 photodramatic1914 serial1915 coming of age1919 edge-of-your-seat1922 psychodramatic1927 omnibus1928 straight1936 low-budget1937 no-budget1937 screwball1937 Ealing1939 blockbusting1943 private eye1946 film noir1952 white telephone1952 portmanteau1953 uncut1953 anthology1955 three-D1955 Hammer1958 noir1958 co-production1959 kitchen sink1959 kidult1960 docudrama1961 cinéma vérité1963 maudit1963 filmi1965 indie1968 triple-X1969 XXX1969 drama-documentary1970 cheapie1973 gross-out1973 high concept1973 chopsocky1974 hard R1974 buddy movie1975 sci-fi1977 mondo1979 hack-and-slash1981 microbudget1981 hack-and-slay1982 slice-and-dice1982 fly on the wall1983 psychotronic1983 noirish1985 Mad Max1986 stoner1987 bonkbusting1993 straight to DVD1997 1975 Films & Filming July 6/2 She describes the male buddy movies as ‘retreats into adolescence’. 1989 Spy (N.Y.) Aug. 17/2 Rain Man was a brother movie, not a buddy movie. 1993 Mod. Rev. Aug. 19/2 Come on. I'm perfect buddy movie material. 2010 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 34/1 At its heart, this is a buddy movie, an Eighties bromance, in which two ill-matched alpha males bond over a crisis. buddy system n. (a) originally U.S. a cooperative arrangement whereby a pair of individuals take responsibility for each other's safety or welfare, or whereby one member of the pair is assigned to provide support for the other; cf. sense 3; (b) North American the practice of appointing friends or allies to positions of influence or otherwise showing them special favour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after > system of looking after one another buddy system1921 1921 Cavalry Jrnl. Oct. 381 Cadets were formed and marched to swimming, where the buddy system was employed, two cadets constantly swimming..together. 1971 New Society 1 July 22/3 Alcoholics Anonymous attribute much of their success to the ‘buddy system’. 1972 A. J. Glass in J. G. Smith Polit. Brokers ii. 46 Politically, it's a great situation. I tell him who to see. I help him out. It's the buddy system, you know. 1991 Philadelphia Inquirer 15 Aug. a22/1 The Health Department task force also proposes to set up a buddy system in which residents would agree to keep an eye on older neighbors. 2002 N.Y. Times 18 Feb. a3/4 Positions that in many cases cover up a payback for favors, a buddy system, political operations or crass nepotism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buddyadj. Brit. /ˈbʌdi/, U.S. /ˈbədi/ Etymology: < bud n.¹ + -y suffix¹. rare. 1. Full of buds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds gemmedc1420 embudded1523 budded1552 pullulant1558 budding1561 buddy1598 knotted1626 pullulating1666 in (the) knota1670 proliferous1674 prolified1866 proligerous1890 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Fronzuto, stalkie, buddie, spriggie. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers (1879) 115 Here are the scourges! choose me a nice, long, swishing, buddy one. 2. Like a bud. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] fullOE balghc1340 struttinga1398 bouchy1398 bunching1398 bunchy1398 lumpedc1425 bunched1426 bulged1436 knule?a1513 bolling1519 bossed?1541 bossy1543 swelling1544 poked1577 embossed1578 extuberant1578 protuberant1578 protuberated1578 protuberating1578 protubered1578 bunting1584 bellieda1593 gouty1595 bottled1597 buddy1611 hulch1611 hulched1611 jetty?1611 bottle-like1629 bungy1634 extuberating1634 bosomed1646 puffing1661 protuberous1666 tuberant1668 extuberic1680 swollen1688 bellying1700 swelled1704 humped1713 extuberated1727 bottle-shaped1731 ampullaceous1776 hummocky1791 bulging1812 bulgy1847 ampulliform1870 fullish1871 pouchy1884 bumfled1913 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fillole, a buddie knob in a vine, like a wart. 1871 G. MacDonald Roadside Poems 209 Buddy dots of light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buddyv. Brit. /ˈbʌdi/, U.S. /ˈbədi/ Forms: 1800s– buddy, 1900s– buddie. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: buddy n. Etymology: < buddy n. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). 1. intransitive. Of a person: to pair or team up with another person, esp. so as to look after each other's safety or welfare; (of two or more people) to pair or team up in this way. Frequently with up. Cf. buddy n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > go in pairs [verb (intransitive)] to pair off1794 buddy1895 to pair up1908 1895 E. Thomson Old Man Savarin 205 To ‘buddy’ with Charley I gave up my share of the hut I had helped to build. 1918 Monthly Bull. (Illinois Coal Operators Assoc.) July 346 If Esslinger or the committee can find some one that will take him to buddie with he shall be given such place [in the mine]. 1945 Boys' Life Oct. 20/4 The order of the day is ‘Buddy up!’ Two fellows working together can produce their maps more quickly..than if each fellow works alone. 1987 T. Horton Bay Country (1989) viii. 187 Even fiercest competitors would buddy up for added insurance under those conditions. 1996 Northern Colorado Parent Nov. 11/2 She arranges for them to sit together in the cafeteria and buddy up during study partner time. 2007 T. Friend Third Domain vi. 176 Jay and Eric buddied up, both wearing seven-millimeter suits over skins. 2. intransitive. To be or become friendly (with someone); frequently with up. Also depreciative in to buddy up to: to behave in a friendly manner towards (someone) in order to gain some advantage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly > become friendly or intimate to get in with1602 familiarize1622 pal1848 chum1884 buddy1916 cop1940 1916 Monthly Bull. Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Oct. 298 He dined with us, he addressed us, he visited and buddied with us, and showed us the way. 1919 G. L. Hill-Lutz Search ix. 142 I hired a fellow that was coming up to buddy-up to Cam and fix it that he is to get a friend of his to take them over to Chester. 1948 N. Algren in Penguin New Writing 34 137 My cot was next to his, and we started buddying up. 1964 Hearings before President's Comm. Assassination President Kennedy (U.S. Govt.) IX. 343 You don't recall him ever buddying with or having a 14-year-old boy with whom he went around while he was in Irving? 2000 Ploughshares Winter 133 He'd go there..and buddy up to the family like they was kin, telling them all manner of lie. 2002 R. Best et al. Beatles (2003) 151/1 Gene and The Beatles buddied up and the boys took great pride in introducing him to the nightlife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1788adj.1598v.1895
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