Meanings
comparative more buddy-buddy · superlative most buddy-buddy · alternative buddy buddy
- derogatoryinformalVery friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.
They're over there being all buddy-buddy with one another.
1 more example
I can personally imagine a scenario where, within a year, President Trump is on buddy-buddy terms again with Mexico. But you cannot unsee what happened over the last 48 hours.
2025 February 3, Tom Phillips, Richard Partington, quoting Brian Winter, “Trump agrees to pause Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A reduplication of buddy, referring to a mutual friendship.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
buddy-buddy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy
“buddy-buddy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buddy-buddy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy.
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