Talk:griend

RFV discussion: November–December 2018
Probably UD-esque rubbish. Initially added as Dutch, but I suppose the contributor had a hard time figuring out language headers. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:27, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I added one cite to the citations page. I found more, but not on durably archived sources. It looks real, if not citable. Kiwima (talk) 19:03, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, I added a number of additional cites from Usenet. I tried to filter out the ones that are probably typos (F and G being next to each other on the keyboard) This is cited. However, I would suggest merging the two definitions. Kiwima (talk) 19:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * If the text makes perfect sense under the substitution griend → friend, how do we know it isn’t a typo? “Would you want to be my girl f riends” and “sweet shy tv seeks female f riends” seem just fine to me. There is also no lack of hits for gried rice and gried chicken, and we see both grench fries and french gries. --Lambiam 19:39, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * 1995 is also a typo, the friend becomes a "he" later in the same post. And the poster of 1997 corrects herself in a later post, stating that "griend" is a typo. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  15:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The one remaining citation is from a question from the, an Indian test comparable to the SAT in the US. The question is designed to test for analytical reasoning. I find it quite implausible that such a question would use an obscure slang term without further explanation. My conclusion is that the sense as an English slang term for female friend is not verified and very likely unverifiable. The original verification requester surmised that this is “UD-esque rubbish”. Interestingly, the Urban Dictionary lists the term but gives a very different definition – which is probably equally unverifiable. --Lambiam 16:03, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 19:30, 29 December 2018 (UTC)