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Interesting read as always, Joel. To me, the concept of frenemy feels limited to school in general. I think this might be because groups are usually larger and there's almost always one person who has a common friend we don't really like.

Love the word tomo-teki, btw!

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It's been a minute since I worked in a corporate environment, but I feel like there were more than a few sets of frenemies in the office. Then again, the corporations I worked at were pretty young so maybe it's a maturity thing.

Tomo-teki - seriously, all my students were like, "Bro, no. Just no."

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Mid journey bot definitely needs counselling Joel😂

I think when it comes to Frenemy, I remember Federer and Nadal.

Rivals throughout their careers but Federer decided to play his last match partnering with Nadal. And when he retired they were holding fingers (the warmth in that moment can only be felt)

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I read Arthur Conan Doyle around 7 years back.

Moriarty was a strategic terrorist I would say, can't think of him as a Frenemy. Maybe Irene, since she was in the same line of profession.

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