friend with benefits

[frend with ben-uh-fits]

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of friend with benefits¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

Munn was cast as Sam, a divorcée in Hamm’s outrageously prosperous social circle who becomes his friend with benefits.

From Los Angeles Times

There was Minnie, the hormonally supercharged 15-year-old she played in “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”; Claire, a sexually assertive production assistant in “The Morning Show”; Kelsey, Pete Davidson’s spray-tanned friend with benefits in “The King of Staten Island”; and Birdy, a garrulous twentysomething Londoner in “Everything I Know About Love.”

From Los Angeles Times

I just wanted a “friend with benefits.”

From Los Angeles Times

The night before I got my results, I hooked up with a longstanding friend with benefits.

From Slate

I’m stuck between being OK with it just being a friend with benefits and still wanting the relationship aspect.

From Slate