Go Betweens

In recent years they have replaced brokerage firms as the go-betweens when investors trade stocks. ❋ Tom Lauricella (2011)

These brokers act as go-betweens for the different banks, advising them on the interbank borrowing rates on which Libor quotes are based. ❋ Jean Eaglesham (2012)

The Washington Post reported yesterday that President Hamid Karzai has opened clandestine high-level negotiations with the Taliban, with the Saudis and the Pakistanis acting as go-betweens. ❋ Michael Hughes (2010)

The software protocols these ISPs use to communicate with one another were designed with a specific mission: to reliably carry information between any two computers, regardless of where on earth they're located, using intermediate ISPs as go-betweens when no direct commercial relationship exists. ❋ Jim Cowie (2011)

We were like go-betweens in an atmosphere of natural occurrences. ❋ Jerry Ratch (2011)

Until 2010 the BBB didn't specifically track complaints against those brokers, who serve as go-betweens between consumer and moving company. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the use of employment agencies as go-betweens, between employers and undocumented workers, is a fairly common practice - for example, in the agricultural industry - and it's a way for employers to try to insulate themselves from these types of charges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The action now shifts from Antigua to London, where Perry and Gail get a thorough grilling on exactly how the overture was made, what they think of Dima, and whether they are willing to continue serving as go-betweens. ❋ Dennis Drabelle (2010)

He said the police actually used the hostages as go-betweens to talk to the gunman, and that after the hostages were released Thursday night they were doing "amazingly well." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Investment bankers are intermediaries, middlemen, go-betweens. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)

There have been go-betweens and contact with the majority leader, he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A TV station will take on far fewer shows in a given season than a publisher will take on novels … do TV writers typically use agents as go-betweens? ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Go Between]: Yo [bitch-ass] friend keeps using me as a [go-between], can I get paid for dat? Asshole: Can you tell my friend I said to kiss my ass for me, dogg? Go Between: Hell naw!! Asshole: You fired. Go Between: I never got paid. ❋ The Friend Of Da Go Between (2005)

[called] a go-between for its [nature] of going between [the testes]. ❋ Cheoffrey (2010)

Examples: 1) Girl:"So I went on a date with Tom this weekend." [Girl's] friend:"So are you [dating him] now?" Girl:"No, he only asked me to go to the movies." Girl's friend:"Do you think he'll ask you to be his girlfriend?" Girl:"[Probably not], he's a boy, so he probably doesn't know the difference between going on dates and dating, and thinks that one date means we're dating. I better set him straight." 2) SMART BOY:"I went on another date with Lisa last night, it was really great. I think I'm gonna ask her to be my girlfriend tomorrow." [DUMB BOY]:"Wait I thought you guys were dating?" SMART BOY:"No, we've been on a couple dates, but we're not official." 3) Boy:"Will you go out with me? Girl:"On a date? Or dating?" Boy:"Uhhh..." ❋ Informative Girl (2011)

[My girl's] vagina has been smelling like a burning dumpster behind a [seafood] restaurant lately and I know she wants to try to make a baby tonight. I wonder if that [gorilla] over there is down for a Ugandan Go-Between. ❋ Wildcard Wednesday (2019)