Meanings
nounframily (plural framilies)
plural framilies
- slangA group of friends who are close like a family.
Often, these groups would include at least one gay character who would be depicted sympathetically, if usually as desexualised. Movies focused specifically on gay/queer framilies produced.
2007, Glyn Davis, Queer as folk, page 60
Origin
Translations
Dutch vramilie
- vramilieA group of friends who are close like a family
French famie
- famieA group of friends who are close like a family
German Framilie
- FramilieA group of friends who are close like a family
Italian famica
- famicaA group of friends who are close like a family
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APA
framily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framily
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“framily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “framily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framily.
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