favorite person

plural favorite persons · plural favorite people

1. CanadaInternetUScapitalizedidiomaticneologismsometimeshuman sciencesA person on whom someone with borderline personality disorder is intensely emotionally dependent.

   I hate having a favorite person, because they never care about me half as I do about them.

   2022 March 23, hydrogen_sulfate, Reddit

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   So when posting, please try to distinguish when you are talking about a healthy relationship from when you are talking about the unhealthy dynamics involved with having a Favorite Person.

   2018 June 11, scratch1234, Reddit

   I’ve known about her BPD from the start, but with our admission of mutual feelings, it was also made known that I’m her Favorite Person — I’ll be honest, I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the degree to which her emotional state is predicated upon my behaviors and actions — I mean, I’m just some dude, ya know?

   2022 October 2, apecool, Reddit

   Synonyms: FP

2. CanadaUSUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see favorite, person.