periphery friend

A "friend" on the boundary of your social space.

Instead of interrupting the flow of a story with superfluous noise by giving unnecessary context about a person in said story, they can be described as a periphery friend.

Scenario one-

Storyteller: my friend's mum's cousin's son's aunt's dog's dad's wife's godfather's cat's ........'s friend did funny story.

You: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Scenario two-

Storyteller: my periphery friend did funny story.

You: hahahaha, I'm glad you didn't fill that sentence with unnecessary context.

periphery friend by fbar November 24, 2010

Peripheral friend 

A friend who is outside the center of your social circle but is still just as important to you

Robin considered Gregory a peripheral friend. Although she didn't socialize with him, she had a connection to him that was as strong as her connection to any of her closest friends.

Peripheral friend by savannahliscious April 25, 2015