2 definitions by fbar
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.
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.
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.
by fbar November 22, 2010
You could swear you feel your phone vibrate against your thigh, but when you look there are no text messages.
You: (pulls phone out of pocket to check text)
Your wife: That better not be that little slut from your office texting you again!
You: It was a phantom text message, honest!
Your wife: That better not be that little slut from your office texting you again!
You: It was a phantom text message, honest!
by fbar December 1, 2010