HALF FRIENDS

@amadeo (111938)
United States
January 5, 2016 11:52am CST
The title is weird.I am reading a novel on "The Girl on the Train" I just starting to read this .This so they say a best seller etc. This is a person who take the same commuter.Every day and every night. I will not say any more about this.But the thing that as she has a flashback about her earlier day and the friend that she had.One person that she had call her a half friend.I have never heard of the expression at all. Then why is this call half friend.Then I figured it out and not sure if this is correct half friend is a person you see half of the time. Now tell me.That this make sense to you? Have you heard of the expression before? The novel take place in England. OR THAT THEY MEAN NOT CLOSE?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
5 Jan 16
Another user wrote about this book, but I have not yet read it. I have heard "half friend" only mentioned about Facebook. According the Urban Dictionary "when you set your privacy settings on Facebook to not include tagged pics, access to your wall". Very strange.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@LadyDuck.Never heard on this on Facebook.I keep going over this and the only solution is that they were not close.Does this make sense?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
5 Jan 16
@amadeo Your idea sounds much better than the one I have read.
Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
5 Jan 16
I would think that it conveys friends that do not see eachother much and therefore are not the closest Fredo. Sounds interesting novel though. Enjoy it! But judging by what Anna said below that must be urban slang ..
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@OceanTiaraView yes,think that she is right.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50528)
• United States
5 Jan 16
I have never heard of a half friend.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@Tampa_girl7 what I gather that they were not close?
amnabas
@amnabas (14686)
• Karachi, Pakistan
5 Jan 16
Sounds strange to me too.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@amnabas.Yes,I could be.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@amnabas yes it does or not.
Shyamala annavarapu
@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
5 Jan 16
There is a book by a popular Indian author called Half a girl friend. I have wondered about the expression but have not read the book.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@Shyamalaa maybe you can tell us more if you ever get a chance to read.this.
Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11133)
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7 Jan 16
I have never heard this used, and I'm English! Do you recommend reading the book? I might take a gander if you do. I should follow in its successful footsteps and write a novel called The Girl on the Bus!
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342100)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jan 16
I have one or two that I only like half the time.