buddy-buddy
Excessively close pals
Buddy-buddy describes a relationship or behavior marked by excessive or conspicuous friendliness, often implying the closeness is superficial, strategic, or annoying to observers: They got all buddy-buddy once the promotion was announced.
The reduplication intensifies and slightly mocks the chumminess.
Sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not.
Nearby or to shut
- tightFirmly stretched or fitting
- cozyWarm and snug
- familiarKnown from experience
- chummyWarmly familiar, informal
pals · inseparable · clubby · cliquish · exclusive · in-crowd · bonded · allied
Warmly familiar, informal
- ingratiatingSeeking favor through flattery
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
fawning · brown-nosing · glad-handing · oily · unctuous · smarmy · obsequious · flattering
close
Nearby or to shut
chummy · pals · inseparable · clubby · cliquish · exclusive · in-crowd · bonded · allied · confidants
chummy
Warmly familiar, informal
- ingratiatingSeeking favor through flattery
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- sycophanticServilely flattering
insincere · fawning · brown-nosing · glad-handing · oily · unctuous · smarmy · obsequious · flattering · toadying
conspiring
Plotting secretly with others
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- complicitSharing guilt in wrongdoing
- colludingSecretly cooperating for deception
backroom · cronyism · nepotism · favoritism · wink-wink · deals · kickbacks · corruption · insider · quid-pro-quo
buddy-buddycold
Low temperature state
unfriendly · frosty · hostile · distant · standoffish
buddy-buddywithdrawn
Emotionally distant, disengaged
antisocial · unsociable · reclusive · solitary · introverted
buddy-buddyhostile
Aggressively unfriendly
antagonistic · at each other's throats · at odds · grouchy · combative