- After we broke up I decided to de-friend him.
de-friend
verb; analogy
To remove someone as a friend on Facebook.
Etymology : Defriend is one of the words that is associated with facebook. Friending someone on facebook is in itself a metaphor for becoming someone’s friend in real life. When you de-friend someone, you removing them from your list of friends on facebook. Metaphorically, you are making it so you are no longer friends.
Source : This became a common phrase last year.
Last modified: 8 December 2010