Frienemy vs Frenemy - What's the difference?
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* 1998:' New Radicals, "You Get What You Give" - ' Frienemies who when you're down ain't your friend
(humorous) Someone who pretends to be your friend, but is really your enemy.
* 1987', '''I Ain't No Joke,''' by Eric B. and Rakim, on the album "Paid in Full." "Another enemy / Not even a ' frenemy. "
* 2000', '''frenemies —''Sex and the City, season 3 episode 16, first aired October 1. [title]
* 2001', In France the Seine has all the advantages of Northernness (a quality underrated by our Gallic '''frenemy ) but it is too fatally interested in Paris [...] —John Lanchester, ''The Debt to Pleasure. [http://print.google.com/print?id=5oQTntBdq_gC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&sig=6gozFgkZj_c0l3BG07cBvv9pCk8]
* 2004', You know when you dump a guy, only to discover years later that he's evolved into the perfect boyfriend—for the high-school '''frenemy who convinced you to dump him in the first place...? —''The Ex-Factor, Andrea Semple. [back cover] [http://print.google.com/print?id=POrE5lu430EC&lpg=PA278&pg=PA278&sig=Qq4QqJpU6DCfifI5g-aj6w9GJo0]
* 2005', So why did we break up? Enter Blaize St. John, '''frenemy extraordinaire. She came, she saw, she stole my boyfriend. —''Single Girl's Guide to Murder, Joanne Meyer. [back cover] [http://print.google.com/print?id=uWFlXyWSpfIC&pg=PT4&lpg=PT4&sig=ixqqQtxAIczgL7QnPbqldCJEy1w]
* 2007', "Gates made a rare and instructive appearance with his longtime ' frenemy Steve Jobs." Appeared on Time's June 18, 2007 issue.
(humorous) A fair-weather friend who is also a rival.