defriend en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English defriend From de- + friend.
Meanings
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(qualifier:social media, uncommon) To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
2005, Schmitt et al, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design But why subject myself and friends to the awkward social construct of being virtually "defriended" because I want to save some space on a Web page?
Likewise, the actions of friending or defriending someone send out messages of their own.
2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| defriending | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| defriends | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| defriended | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| defriended | Tense=Past | lexicographic |