fremesis

English

Etymology

Blend of friend +‎ nemesis

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛməsɪs/

Noun

fremesis (plural fremesises or fremeses)

(informal) An arch frenemy.
- 2015 February 15, Greg Thompson, “The Millie-churian Candidate” (2:27 from the start), in Bob's Burgers‎^[1], season 5, episode 12, spoken by Millie Frock (Molly Shannon):
  “We're not best friends, Millie.” “Right, I'm you nemesis--we love each other, but we've got some history.” “You're not my nemesis.” “We are, we're nemesises...es. We're rivals who are also totally obsessed with eachother-- "fremesises."” “Oh, like Batman and Catwoman.” “And like socks and sandals.”
- 2015 September 15, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography‎^[2], illustrated, reprint edition, Crown, →ISBN, page 292:
  Perez Hilton—nemesis turned fremesis
- 2017 August 1, Rob Reid, After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley‎^[3], Random House Worlds, →ISBN:
  A decade and half-ish on, Mitchell and Kuba are standing by for another momentus powwow with their fremesis.
- 2018 May 29, Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack: A Novel‎^[4], St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 270:
  She loved and hated her both. What is the term they use in the States? Friend, but also nemesis? Fremesis?” “Frenemy?” Lee says with a smirk.
- 2019 August 1, Daniel Harmon, Super Pop!: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays‎^[5], Zest Books ™, →ISBN:
  Steve Coogan is the slightly more attractive and slightly more well-known comedian who is asked to go on a food tour of northern England with his girlfriend, and when his girlfriend begins to back out of the project (and the relationship, maybe?) Coogan's friend (fremesis?) Rob Brydon is invited to sign up instead.
- 2023 July 11, Daniel Hornsby, chapter 2, in Sucker: A Novel‎^[6], Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:
  “Patty said she saw you drinking on the patio at the Scope as she was leaving work.” Patty, my fremesis, played bass in one of our lesser, Louise-picked bands. She would be the one to narc on me.