if you and a guy have a small connection, but when a friend of his asks about you two, he will say you are "just friends" when likely, it either is or he wants the opposite.
Boy 2: hey are you and Caroline dating?
Boy 1: no, we are just friends...
by Rewels June 19, 2019
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Rejection, basically, once someone says this to you, you're thrown into the friend zone, this is a hard place to get out of and you know you fucked up somewhere if this is where you end up.
Fairly good looking guy meets fairly good looking girl, a few weeks later they can't stop talking to eachother, the guy is really into her and thinks she feels the same way, he is about to say something to the girl, meanwhile the girl is thiking "great, another friend" the conversation goes like this-

guy-i've been having a great time with you lateley.
girl-me too.
(at this point the girl thinks "wow, we are so much alike", the guy is thinking "thats a good sign")
guy-i kind of have a confession to make - i have felings for you
girl-i'm so sorry, i just see us as friends
(at this point, the girl is thinking "i see us as just friends, i'm not into you in that way" the guy is thinking "for fuck sake!")
so, going by that example, the guy got thrown into the friend zone because he went about getting the girl in the wrong way, now they may still be friends, but there will be tension for a long time, other typical reasons why you might hear these words are-you're ugly/have a bad personality/the person who says this isn't single.
by mastodong October 16, 2006
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The two lamest words to have ever been put together,normally between a girl and a boy who are good friends,i advise you NOT tell someone you like them if they have been your friend for a while,because you will probally feel like utter shit afterwards.
dude-we been friends for a while,and i have to tell you i like you as more of a friend
girl-sorry,dont like you like that,just friends?
dude-*kills self*
by Iamdude August 31, 2010
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An excuse used by girls to avoid having to actualy tell a guy that "shes just not that into him"
boy > "i really like you" (*im obsessing*)

girl > "but we're just friends"(*you're creeping me out, leave me alone, there is no way i would be caught dead with a guy like you!*)
by o0vengeful_angel0o May 12, 2005
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A girl can say this to assure you (the boyfriend) that her male friend is 'just a friend'

If your girlfriend says this about a guy she has been a bit too friendly towards for a while, she is lying. probably.
Man: Who's this guy you've been hanging with? He just touched your leg!

Woman: Oh relax! We're just friends!
by Funkmaster21 July 15, 2008
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A polite way of saying "never gonna date/screw/ect."
Hey (insert name), is that your boyfriend?

No, (insert name of opposite sex) and I are just friends.
by spacepants2003 November 14, 2005
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A nice way of saying, I wouldn't fuck you if it meant saving the world from eternal damnation.
John seems to end up being just friends with every bitch he knows.
by R.Sabbagh May 27, 2007
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