Meaning

(informal) An arch frenemy..

Example Sentences

“We’re not best friends, Millie.” “Right, I’m your nemesis—we love each other, but we’ve got some history.” “You’re not my nemesis.” “We are, we’re nemesises...es. We’re rivals who are also totally obsessed with each other—‘fremesises.’” “Oh, like Batman and Catwoman.” “And like socks and sandals.”

Perez Hilton—nemesis turned fremesis

A decade and half-ish on, Mitchell and Kuba are standing by for another momentus powwow with their fremesis.

She loved and hated her both. What is the term they use in the States? Friend, but also nemesis? Fremesis?” “Frenemy?” Lee says with a smirk.

Steve Coogan is the slightly more attractive and slightly more well-known comedian who is asked to go on a food tour of northern England with his girlfriend, and when his girlfriend begins to back out of the project (and the relationship, maybe?) Coogan's friend (fremesis?) Rob Brydon is invited to sign up instead.

“Patty said she saw you drinking on the patio at the Scope as she was leaving work.” Patty, my fremesis, played bass in one of our lesser, Louise-picked bands. She would be the one to narc on me.

Word Forms

• fremesises
• fremeses

When Should You Use Fremesis?

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