Today's wwftd is... frenemy

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Jan 4, 2012, 10:48:43 AM1/4/12

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The worthless word for the day is: frenemy

[blend of friend and enemy]

Someone with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry; someone who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy

"Howz about calling the Russians our Frienemies?"
- Walter Winchell, Nevada State Jrnl 19 May, 1953

"Once she'd sat down, she realized that she had sort of ducked past the mirror without looking at it, as if her own reflection were a deeply estranged frenemy with whom she could not possibly make eye contact."
- Neal Stephenson, REAMDE