Friending

Transparency with regards to the smelly kid next to you in class who you felt guilty not friending is not such a good thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, of course, the misuse of friend has led to the neologism friending, when there was already befriend to function as an accompanying verb, and it would have worked just fine. ❋ Serenavalentino (2009)

Neither of these methods are really ideal, and the idea of friending people that you actually see at places you frequent seems like a good one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was astonishing to me the number of people who read my blog regularly without commenting or even "friending" me. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

By "friending" and then "unfriending" this family from Facebook, you have become a player in their family drama. ❋ Washingtonpost.com (2010)

I've seen your posts for some time now, but the post mentioned by ginmar was the last straw -- I just had to add you to my reading list aka "friending". ❋ Ginmar (2010)

You can also cyber-stalk your ex by "friending" them on Facebook to keep tabs on them from a safe distance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Photo and message swapping — along with the ability to connect with others by "friending" them — was just the beginning. ❋ Jessica E. Vascellaro (2010)

After "friending" Paul on Facebook -- after 30 years! ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a result of this one friend, I ended up "friending" several of our mutual friends and -- two weeks ago -- my wife and I spent the night on Cape Cod with one of them and her husband. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Online "friending" ettiquette is a strange beast, and as far as I can tell, everyone's rules are a little different. ❋ Ginmar (2010)

Fast living's ballyhooed so-called 'friending' of creativity is shown to be suspect in his lyrics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This way monitoring is done without the stigma of the parent actually "friending" the kid. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We become intrigued with what seems to be, on the surface, a great opportunity to enhance our network -- to add people to our friend circle by "friending" them virtually, even if in many cases we have never even met that person before. ❋ Gil Laroya (2010)

The "friending" phenomenon that is so prevalent in social networking is a side effect of the Facebook culture; people running into other people in a virtual gathering, and mutually agreeing to be "friends". ❋ Gil Laroya (2010)

There are some basic rules about social media in the workplace that we've all come to terms with: think twice before "friending" your boss, immediately ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The unwelcome appearance -- perhaps already included in late-model dictionaries -- has, of course, to do with Facebook, where all the frenzied "friending" is taking place. ❋ Unknown (2009)