The act of, after being (re)introduced to a person of former/new acquaintance, maintaining a tie via text, phone, etc in the event something more could come of the (re)introduction; such as friendship, sex, love, etc
Oh, I knew of Bob in high school, and I had a chance to get to know him a little at the 10 year high school reunion. I really like him. He was my best friends brother's best friend! Too bad we live in different states. Looks like I'm going to have to do some "acquaintance maintenance" to see what comes of this!
by cowgirl justice October 15, 2010
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A "secret code" phrase to mean that --- while you are not of alternative orientation yourself --- you are at least "neutral and tolerant" in your views/feelings regarding other-than-straight individuals, and so anyone within earshot knows that he can feel comfy and secure around you, no matter what type of human he identifies himself as.
Jerry Dean Michael (a.k.a., "Elizabeth Carmichael", the infamous proponent of the equally-infamous "Dale" automobile) might have been able to label himself as a "friend of Dorothy" back in the beginning, but after he swindled so many people out of their life savings in their eager bids to acquire one of his non-existent fuel-miser automobiles, he could probably only have claimed to be an "acquaintance of Dorothy", since neither the Kansas girl or anyone else would likely have wanted to be HIS "friend" anymore!
by QuacksO February 18, 2022
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Brian: I eat lunch in the employee cafeteria with David three times a week, but when I invite him to a barbecue or to go out drinking on Saturdays, he always claims to be busy or have other plans.
Scott: Sounds like he considers you an occupational acquaintance!
Scott: Sounds like he considers you an occupational acquaintance!
by Powerpasser January 12, 2018
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by EdgyHipster69 March 2, 2019
Get the forced acquaintance mug.Refers to da naively-accepting "separate and equal" belief of both members of a couple dat da third person who has smilingly approached them and gleefully collared them in a huge mutual squeezy arms-around is known to da other member of said couple; i.e., da guy assumes dat da lady is a friend of this other guy who is hugging them, or da lady assumes dat her guy knows da other chick who is feeling a;; warm 'n' snuggly dat day.
If you're "feeling all huggy-lovey-dovey" at a certain time and thus are wanting to just randomly employ yer "Don Juan maneuver" on cute couples whom you meet on da street or in da park, you may indeed be permitted to do so even if you aren't already acquainted wif either of the people in da couples, since in many cases da two "Romeo-routine" recipients will both likely just form da group-hug acquaintance-assumption --- i.e., each bowled-over-wif-humungous-cuddles person in da couple will just figger dat da other person already knows you from past encounters, when in fact you are just indiscriminately "harvesting a snuggle" from random folks.
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