friend with benefits

American  

[frend with ben-uh-fits] / ˈfrɛnd wɪθ ˈbɛn ə fɪts /

noun

plural

friends with benefits

1. (used as a euphemism) a friend with whom one has sex without a romantic relationship or commitment. FWB, fwb

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Etymology

Origin of friend with benefits

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

I allowed him to be my friend with benefits because I was convinced this man was a perfect match, if he could just settle down and realize I was the one.

From Los Angeles Times

Oh, and we’re supposed to think, by the way, that Mia and Mel are satisfied in their sex lives by having sex without obligation - in Mia’s case, with a friend with benefits, and in Mel’s case, the occasional tryst with a handsome dumb guy she can’t kick out fast enough in the morning.

From Washington Times

Then, she is crossing the street next to Daniel, her college “friend with benefits,” as a truck speeds by with a sign that reads “hella tempted” on the back.

From Salon

My sometimes-loving, sometimes-nasty rivals were Chinese or African-American or Puerto Rican or Indian or Romanian or French or Korean or British, wearing tailored suits or hoodies or stained t-shirts, getting stoned or drunk or hawking strip clubs or laundering their sadness when, say, a friend with benefits stopped giving them head.

From Salon

Florence Henderson, the actress best known for playing Carol Brady on “The Brady Bunch,” recently made a bold proclamation to the New York Post: “I may have more than one friend with benefits,” she said.

From Salon