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Originally Posted by Joe 1. Does "ordinary friends" make sense? I want to use it as a general term for all of one's friends except his/her girlfriends/boyfriends. Am I right?
2. "Intimate" seems like a delicate word. "intimate relationships" can be referred to either general ones or sexual ones. So, what is the "line" here? Suppose I say, "you two must be intimate", or "we are intimate friends", can it cause any possible offenses or confusions?
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in canada we sometimes use the phrase ordinary friends but i am not sure about it in formal writing
i never heard anyone use the prase intimate friends