favorite person en · NOUN
Etymology
From favorite + person.
Meanings
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(Canada, Internet, US, capitalized, idiomatic, neologism, sometimes) A person on whom someone with borderline personality disorder is intensely emotionally dependent.
So when posting, please try to distinguish when you are talking about a healthy relationship from when you are talking about the unhealthy dynamics involved with having a Favorite Person.
2018 June 11, scratch1234, Reddit:I’ve known about her BPD from the start, but with our admission of mutual feelings, it was also made known that I’m her Favorite Person — I’ll be honest, I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the degree to which her emotional state is predicated upon my behaviors and actions — I mean, I’m just some dude, ya know?
2022 October 2, apecool, Reddit:I hate having a favorite person, because they never care about me half as I do about them.
2022 March 23, hydrogen_sulfate, Reddit:
- (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see favorite, person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| favorite people | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| favorite persons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |