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title: "frenemy · GenZ Decoded"
description: "frenemy: Someone who acts like a friend while quietly competing with you or working against you. Example: \"She congratulated me, but she is still my frenemy.\""
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# frenemy

Boomer[#social](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/social/)

**Meaning.** Someone who acts like a friend while quietly competing with you or working against you.

See it in a sentence

She congratulated me, but she is still my frenemy.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [opp](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/opp/),[opps](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/opps/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [hater](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hater/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer · this one

    frenemy

- Plain English

    someone who acts like a friend while quietly competing with you or working against you

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## Related slang

- [fist bump](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fist-bump/): Friendly greeting gesture where two people lightly bump fists.
- [flex](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flex/): To show off or brag about something.
- [FRFR](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/frfr/): Intensified 'for real for real,' stressing sincerity.
- [fronting](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fronting/): Acting in a false or showy way to impress others.

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