# Other ways of saying "Friends with benefits" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925 "2007-07-08T02:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/1 "2007-07-08T02:00:36Z")
What are some other forms of saying “friends with benefits”? The only other one I can think of is “fuck buddies”. Why? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/2 "2007-07-08T02:04:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/3 "2007-07-08T02:04:41Z")
bedbuddies, fuck-friends ---
**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:** [July 8, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/4 "2007-07-08T02:08:15Z")
Fibs. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/5 "2007-07-08T02:14:12Z")
A guy I used to be…friends with used the term “comrades”. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/6 "2007-07-08T02:14:35Z")
My regular. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/7 "2007-07-08T02:15:21Z")
I’ve heard “um-friend,” as in, “And this is \_\_\_\_\_\_, my um… friend.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/8 "2007-07-08T02:33:08Z")
Booty call. ---
**Author:** ![Capa84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Capa84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capa84)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/9 "2007-07-08T02:35:17Z")
the obvious acronym, FWB, as in “I’m going to go see my FWB tonight” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/10 "2007-07-08T02:43:33Z")
What happened to “he/she’s screwing her/him”? Or do you want something usable amongst more than 2 people at a time? ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/11 "2007-07-08T02:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] What happened to “he/she’s screwing her/him”? Or do you want something usable amongst more than 2 people at a time? [/QUOTE] I want euphemisms. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/12 "2007-07-08T02:59:56Z")
When your example was “fuckbuddies”, if you want euphemisms you better ask upfront. :dubious: Unfortunately, I don’t know any. (I also don’t know any fuckbuddies, or at least none who care to reveal themselves to me.) ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/13 "2007-07-08T03:00:54Z")
I just call them “friend”. No reason to announce who’s sleeping with who. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/14 "2007-07-08T03:15:17Z")
Yeah, I’d go with [fuck buddies](http://www.someecards.com/upload/flirting/curious_how_the_term_v_fuck_buddiesv_grabs_you.html). (link is mildly NSFW is swear words in large text isn’t safe for your work) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/15 "2007-07-08T04:16:05Z")
“Lovers” pretty much sums it up, does it not? I always thought that word meant you were having sex, and not necessarily in love. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/16 "2007-07-08T04:20:16Z")
Cum chums ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/17 "2007-07-08T08:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] When your example was “fuckbuddies”, if you want euphemisms you better ask upfront. :dubious: Unfortunately, I don’t know any. (I also don’t know any fuckbuddies, or at least none who care to reveal themselves to me.) [/QUOTE] Stop pointing out the dumbnity of my wordifications. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/18 "2007-07-08T09:18:19Z")
Occasional lovers, maybe? Occasional companions? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/19 "2007-07-08T10:02:53Z")
I have a friend (no, not that sort of friend) who calls this behaviour CSBF - casual sex between friends. Not quite a euphimism, but close. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925/20 "2007-07-08T12:06:28Z")
not exactly the same thing,– but I once knew a family who referred to their daughter’s boyfriend (living together, but not married) as a “friend-in-law” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-of-saying-friends-with-benefits/410925.md?page=2)