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Hybrid of "Pretend" and "Befriend"

When one is walking by them selves and lonely, To prefriend is to walk close enough to a group of people so that passers by assume you are with the group, but not so close as to make the group think you are following them.

Note: If one actually believes that they are with the group, they are not "Prefriending", they are just Delusional.
Usages:
To "Prefriend" to be with someone,
Or
One can be "Prefriending" to be with someone.

Person 1: "Hey look at Pete, I didn't know he was friends with the Jocks"
Person 2: "What?...Nah he's not, He's just "Prefriending" to be with them"
Person 1: "Pfft, What a loser"
Prefriend by Disco Alpingu December 9, 2008
An aspect of social networking, where a person friends someone they no positive social connection with, for the sake of boosting their friend count, and perceived social status.
Jonas prefriended me on Facebook last week. We each thing the other guy is an asshole, but I prefriended him back to push me over 500 friends.

Ultra-popular Kim: Heather, why did you friend Jill last week, she's such a loser?
Just-as-popular Heather: Because she worships me just like my other 1200 friends on Facebook, confirming my popularity and ensuring I'll win the vote for Homecoming Queen.

Heather grows up to become the skanky trophy wife of a used-car salesman. Jill grows up to be a lawyer and makes partner at a major law firm.
Prefriend by prefriender June 8, 2010

prefriender 

A person who is occupied by pretending and/or helping for the greater good of humanity.
1. I was doing the job of the prefrienders for a couple months because that's what my dream job is.

2. Do to the experience of being a prefriender some street droolys wanted to be my real friend and decided they would follow me, track my phone and pretty much know where I was constantly.

2. I truly love all prefrienders; I just need a little time to adjust to a new way of life and find a temporary solution to the real problem that no one is talking about.

3. I can't help but hope to be real friends with the real prefrienders some day.

4. Until then please be gentle prefrienders, I'll be in a fragile state until I can 'get back in the swing of things'.

5. All prefrienders are good people; even if they pretend to be scum of the earth.
prefriender by PineappleJuice April 23, 2015
Pretending to befriend someone for personal gain.
He prefriended me, just to get closer to a girl he liked, when he was completely insincere about our relationship.
prefriend by Ereck Flowers November 8, 2018
to act as a friend to (someone) whilst having an ulterior motive. Especially to gain revenge, inside knowledge or for personal or professional gains.

pretending to be a persons friend.
"I thought that we were close but really he was just a prefriend"
Prefriend by Matt Windle poet February 20, 2021
/prɪˈfrɛnd/

to make it appear that a person has a bond of mutual affection with another despite an ulterior motive being at play. Especially to gain revenge and inside knowledge for personal or professional reasons.
She thought that they were besties but he was prefriending the whole time.
Prefriend by Matt Windle poet February 26, 2021
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