Joe Crescoll  +  481152 Sun, 24 Feb 08 09:39 PM Hey guys! I was speaking with friends and I asked to myself what are the different synonyms of "buddy" when it means "friend" ? And how may we call a girl with this kinda nickname ? Thanks in advance.  Joe Crescoll Joined on Mon, Feb 18 2008 Thailand New Member 05 Synonyms

	Feebs11  +  481183 Mon, 25 Feb 08 12:39 AM Pal Chum Mate     You don't usually use this kind of term for grls, but if you must, then reasonably politely: Babe Baby Girl Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015 Synonyms

	khoff  +  481260 Mon, 25 Feb 08 05:41 AM "Babe" or "Baby Girl" as a term for a girl, equivalent to "buddy," "pal" or "chum"???     Sorry, Feebs - not in my world!  I could certainly imagine a boy saying of a girl "she's my pal" or "she's my buddy," but NOT "she's my babe"  or (shudder!!) "she's my baby girl".   I suppose if the context you're thinking of is more like "Hey pal/buddy/babe . . . can you lend me five bucks?" then "babe" would be possible, but it certainly has a patronizing quality that's entirely absent from pal/buddy/chum/mate.  I think most women would take offense at being called "babe" or "baby girl" -- but there's no reason why a female can't be addressed as "pal." khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,264 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Synonyms

	nona the brit  +  481354 Mon, 25 Feb 08 11:40 AM Feebs I so hope you are pulling our legs there. Mate is fairly unisex. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Feebs11  +  481586 Mon, 25 Feb 08 07:46 PM Well now, maybe it depends on where you live.  I hear "babe" being usedf by the layabout young in the town centre quite frequently. They also use other terms which are not polite at best and distinctly unpleasant at worst.   I notice no-one seems to have come up with a better alternative   Feebs11 Synonyms

	Grammar Geek  +  481602 Mon, 25 Feb 08 08:24 PM When one girl is speaking of another girl, then "girlfriend" is used to mean simply friend. (Note that a guy cannot refer to his Platonic friend as his girlfriend.) What's wrong with the term "friend"? A: I'm going to the mall with Karen. B: Oh, is she your new girlfriend? A: No, but she's a good friend. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,651 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Synonyms

	nona the brit  +  481797 Tue, 26 Feb 08 09:57 AM Hmmm...now I think about it I have heard 'babe' used between women sometimes, but not with a man calling a woman friend 'babe'. That has a different connotation. 'Baby girl' I haven't heard at all. nona the brit Synonyms