Define Unfriend Meaning

Verb: taking someone off your networking page (i.e., facebook, myspace, etc.).

The oposite of befriending someone. When you unfriend someone you don't necessarily become their enemy per say, but you are just no longer their friend, sorta like just distancing yourself from them until you befriend them again.

I find it stupid how there is no real antonym for befriend in the real dictionary, so i am creating one here.

a coward's way of conflict management in the world of social networking; to disassociate from someone or something without attempt to resolve conflict or give notice.

1. Verb - the act of removing someone from your friends list on any social network.
1. a. Verb - the act of removing someone from your category of friends generally, not limited to removing them as your friend on any social network.
Synonym: defriend

2. Noun - someone who used to be your friend, but you no longer consider them to be a friend, for any number or variety of reasons.

Derived from "unfriending" someone on Facebook, to "unfriend" somebody in the real world is to stop acknowledging their presence. Instead of looking at them as you pass by, basically you just ignore them as if you had never met them.

Getting unfriended is especially weird when you know somebody by virtue of your participation in a group or team — which normally gives you at least a mild sense of camaraderie — but the person who unfriends you still insists on basically ignoring you.

unfriend: noun. 1) An enemy. 2) A misbehaved friend. 3) An object that displeases.

The act of removing a friend from your facebook account.

Compulsive people prune their friend list periodically, removing people that they no longer have contact with. More often though, unfriending is only done when a particular friend's updates and self-promotions become so annoying that you can no longer stand hearing about them. Or you might unfriend someone when they piss you off, however, this is not very effective since the person who is unfriended is not notified that you unfriended them and you'd be better off to keep them as a friend and plot your revenge.

An absolutely terrifying event to behold, considering that many would rather commit suicide than be unfriended on Facebook (or any other social networking site that no one could care any less about. i.e Myspace).

When you remove someone from your Myspace or Friendster etc list because they tick you off.

The act of removing someone from your LiveJournal 'Friends List'.

One of the many ways to bitch slap someone on 'Teh Interweb'. Often happens in a domino effect, especially when one person doesn't like you - and they're good at influencing other people. With the right amount of pressure, one 'Unfriending', will lead to several.

But if that one person (ususually known as the queen bee) happens to 'Refriend' you, you'll notice the other drones will follow suit, because they are Borg, and have been 'assimilated'.

See minion, bitch, LiveJournal, slave, mindless, sheep, poser, drone, hive, insect.