A particularly aggravating metaphorical place, that people end up in when someone they are interested in only wants to be friends. It is impossible to get over someone while in the friendzone, because, as friends, you still see them too often for them to be erased from your memory, and yet, you cannot be with them the way you want.
Person 1: Hypothetically, how would you react if I told you I like you?
Person 2: I'm sorry, I don't mean to hurt you, but I want to just be friends.
Person 1 is now in the friendzone.
by EmiLogic February 28, 2017
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A word that describes terrible fear, petrifying... Death. The 'friendzone' is a place just around the corner from hell, man and boys are sent there when they are rejected by a female character in there life whom they offered their love and support.
Boy: Please be my girlfriend, I think you're beautiful and amazing in every way, the way you smile makes me weak in the knees.. So what do you say?
Girl: I think we're just friends.

Boy1: Didn't you hear? Marcus asked Julia out and she said "we're just friends."
Boy2: Respects to our nigga in the friendzone.
by The Mr.Pineapple Man June 11, 2014
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A place where your romantic feelings towards a 'friend' will never be reciprocated and stay forever as a platonic friendship.

One can almost always find themselves in the friend zone if they decide to befriend their SO before deciding to take any sort of romantic approach to go from 'seeing each other' to dating.

Nice guys are told by society to be friendly and kind towards women to truly get with them. The sad reality is this route will lead to nothing but a sexless friendship. If you want something you have to get straight to the point and make your intentions known before you are ever even considered friends. Get rejected without investing into a friendship than wasting your time being friends when you want more from the SO.

Women hate being used and will complain about it. That jerk that broke her heart is no better than you faking a friendship and later telling her that all you wanted was to get into her pants. This display you as nothing but a man and you are devious and she will remove you from her life without another thought.

DONT GET STUCK IN THE FRIENDZONE!!!
Chris: I could never be just friends with you, I want to be more
Katie: You never brought it up before, if you told me before it would've been different. We are good friends and I don't want to ruin that friendship
Chris: Fuck the Friendzone
by guywithtaste February 13, 2016
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noun:
The location of the female heart where she sentences male friends romantically interested in her. Here, they will be subject to torment as they helplessly watch her jump from man to man, and never have their own chance. Usually one is condemned to the friendzone for not making a move on the girl in question in time. Also, it can be used as an excuse for the woman to gently let down a man she has no interest in. One can tell he is in the friendzone when she says "you're too important to me, I couldn't risk our friendship for a relationship." Whether or not she is telling the truth becomes irrelevant at this point. If anything to that effect is said, one can tell he's been sentenced to an indefinite term in the friendzone. Note that escaping the friendzone (which is heavily guarded) is very difficult and even if one manages to escape, the relationship will be forever marred and altered.
"Dude, she told me I was too important to her to risk a relationship. That's deep."
"Bro you're an idiot. You just got friendzoned."
by cakenub August 02, 2014
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The boundary in which a (typically) younger male is discarded by a female who does not wish to have sex with him . . . while still permitting him to lavish her in unearned attention, compliments, generosity and adoration. He may be an “orbiter” and provider without limits – but not a lover.
"The fucking bitch kept leading me on after she said she doesn't like me. She fucking friendzoned me! She even got me to drive her and her boyfriend, Chad to her house so he can smash her"
by Shesaidshelikesmclaren October 22, 2019
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A mythical place were misogynists go to when a woman doesn't want their penis.
"I didn't expect her to have sex with me, so she should have had sex with me. I'm totally in the friendzone!"
by RMLS June 30, 2013
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The excuse a man gives for a woman rejecting him sexually/romantically when he expected a payoff for being friendly.
"We've been friends for two years but really I want to be your boyfriend"
"Oh...well....I don't feel that way about you"
"You've put me in the friendzone? Thanks for wasting my time"
by wuzat? February 02, 2012
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