cuddle buddy

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Noun

cuddle buddy (plural cuddle buddies)

  1. (informal) A platonic friend who frequently cuddles another friend.
    Carla isn't dating John. She's just his cuddle buddy.

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Verb

cuddle buddy (third-person singular simple present cuddle buddies, present participle cuddle buddying, simple past and past participle cuddle buddied)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal, rare) To be or become cuddle buddies with (someone).
    • 1977 March 24, Eric Swider, “A Regional Economy: South Shore Problems in Song and Verse”, in Henry W. Bosworth, Jr., editor, The Quincy Sun, volume 9, number 27, Quincy, Mass.: Quincy Sun Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 13:
      Here are a couple of her [Martha Reardon’s] more delightful gems … and a one-a and a two-a: CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER [on the Southeast Expressway] […] Aggressive Commuter’s Verses / I refuse to cuddle buddy, / That’s my line! / I prefer to drive myself, / And take my time! Just // Give me Jess Cain in the mornings, / Kev’n O’Keefe for traffic warnings, / In the jams, / I’ll be a horn-king / All the time!
      Used sarcastically in reference to the crowdedness of public transport.
    • 2003 September 4, celevarts, “Coming strategy”, in alt.tv.big-brother‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 April 2026:
      > The 'toss-up' scenario is Jun vs. Alison - I really don't have a feel
      > for how that one will go...
      >
      Yeah, that's harder though I'm guessing Jun will get more votes for doing some active/risky floating/playing without earning a rep as much as Ali...let's see though... […] Nathan - Ali (he's *still* talking about cuddle-buddying in the loser house!)
    • 2012 June 26, @warmpotato77, Twitter‎[2] (post):
      Lmfao please Laolu_ who cuddle buddied you abeg?
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2019 March 26, Damon Young, “Bomb-Ass Poetry”, in What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays, [New York, N.Y.]: Ecco, →ISBN:
      We grew to be homies. A month into freshman year she was already my closest friend on campus. But I wanted more than a friendship, figuring that attaching occasional sex to our easy compatibility and already frequent cuddle-buddying would be the optimal romantic relationship.
    • 2020 February 23, @roddersukdg, Twitter‎[3] (post):
      He cuddle buddied him and put him to sleep with his pillow fists as wilder put it.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2020 April 1, LeAnzar Stockley, “Introduction – #RelationshipGoals”, in Relationship Ready: Moving from #RelationshipGoals to a Wise Foundation for Relational Greatness‎[4], →ISBN:
      I mean … look at them. All cuddle buddied up on a cold and starry night. Feeding one another so adorably at the sushi restaurant. Making little love tap marks on one another’s canvas while enjoying date night at the Paint and Sip. Who cares how the painting looked? They themselves were the perfect picture.
    • 2020 July 20, u/czartaylor, “League has a serious issue with reworking champions into burst mages”, in r/leagueoflegends‎[5] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 16 April 2026:
      Swain is in literally no world a burst mage, he's absolutely a dps mage. He's not a dot mage anymore like he was pre-rework, but swain is absolutely reliant on q after q and cuddle buddying with his ult to kill people.
    • 2023 November 2, @thatszayy_, X‎[6] (post):
      baby it’s cold outsideee .. cuddle buddy me pls 🫂
      (Can we archive this URL?)
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