Backup friend 

A person who is someone you know and are "friends" with, but isnt treated like a friend. You are treated like an acquaintence. This is a person one only talks to when their actual friends are away. The person who is the back-up friend is treated poorly and is usually someone who doesnt have a lot of friends or gets a lot of dates. The backup friend is someone who gets the short end of the stick when it comes to friendship. The person who sees you as a backup friend doesnt care about you and isnt concerned with any part of you as long as you are someone they can come to when they want to converse with someone when their real friends have disappeared.

You see someone who you've been friends with who you havent seen in some time, but you want to invite them out for a drink or dinner and they all of a sudden ignore you, yet they were really chatty with you several months earlier. A clear sign you are a backup friend.

Backup friend by Urbanbee75 January 10, 2009

Backup friend 

A person you are friends with, but is treated poorly, and is talked to when your friends are absent. The person who sees you as a backup friend does not care about you, and you get screwed over.

Since Julie ignored Corrine's text about a sleepover, Corrine got the sign that she was the backup friend, because Julie asks her to do things very seldom.

Backup friend by Kailey12345 April 10, 2017

backup friend 

a friend who you use as a backup while your real friend is absent or gone or away at the moment

yo did you see jessica she was hangin with her backup friend lena only while amanda went to the bathroom then she started talking to amanda again what a bitch!!!!

backup friend by dickenz September 28, 2007

Backup friend 

A friend who you use as a backup whenever your friends aren't around

"Shes only using her as a backup friend, so fake!!"

Backup friend by Yelvet September 25, 2020

Backup Friend 

A backup friend is someone who's used as a 'backup' for whenever someone else's friends don't wanna hang out, or cant hang out with them.
You don't wanna be the backup friend.

"Robin is just my backup friend, I don't actually like her."

Backup Friend by pillowsfreezing October 2, 2023

Backup friend 

A friend who you use as a "backup", whenever your friends arent around or arent in that day

"Shes just her backup friend, they dont even hang out"

Backup friend by Yelvet September 25, 2020

back-up friend

an acquaintance that is only spoken to when all of one's real friends are absent.

A: Why were you talking to Erik that other day?
B: Dude, he's just a back-up friend. nobody else was around worth talking to.

back-up friend by assgoblin82 February 3, 2007