# Males calling female friends "buddy"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840 "2013-02-10T02:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/21 "2013-02-12T21:26:04Z")
It’s a tiny bit weird. Having said that, I have a female friend, and we call each other buddy all the time. She’s more than a friend but not a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/22 "2013-02-12T21:27:19Z")
The word “buddy” is weird in all contexts. Applied to women is just a case in point. I call my female friends “girl-conspicuous-space-friends” or “girlfriends without benefits”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/23 "2013-02-12T21:45:26Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > She’s not your buddy, guy! She’s not your guy, friend. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/24 "2013-02-12T21:53:43Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > She’s not your guy, friend. :dubious: She’s not your friend, buddy. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/25 "2013-02-12T22:34:17Z")
A _little_ weird, but only a little. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/26 "2013-02-12T23:38:53Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The “fuck” is silent… I have a co-worker who refers to a male friend of hers as her “buddy,” and for the life of me, this is always the impression it leaves me with, like she’s just abbreviating. ---
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/27 "2013-02-13T00:28:23Z")
Buddy? Why not? I’ve heard (on more than one occasion) a teenage girl referring to another teenage girl as “Dude!” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840/28 "2013-02-14T14:05:49Z")
Not weird in that context. The implication she perceived was that you were trying to hide the gender of your buddy. It’s also not weird as direct address, as a clear way to indicate you aren’t romantically/sexually interested in the person, like calling her “one of the guys” or “dude.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840.md?page=1)