# Buddy, Friend, Confidant **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-friend-confidant/1019321 "2025-06-08T04:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-friend-confidant/1019321/10 "2025-06-08T13:53:21Z")
Don’t ever call a stranger “bud” unless you want your teeth rearranged. > [@Don't call me bud, bud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-bud-bud/1014792): > > On another forum i noted how attractive a lady in a sfw gif was and asked her name thusly; “whom is this minx?” The fellow who originally posted it replies with “who knows, its a GIF, bud” The lass was immediately identified by the next poster. Fuck you sanctimonious twat, you mother had a mouth like a combine harvester only with less discretion, and a snatch like a pile of freshly raked leaves. I am not now your bud, nor will I be in the future. I am not a 6 year old tee ball player (which… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-friend-confidant/1019321)._