bestfriend

English

Noun

bestfriend (plural bestfriends)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of best friend
   • 1991, Ben Sonnenberg, “Multiple Sclerosis and the Single Man”, in Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, The New York Review of Books, published 2020, →ISBN:

     Alice’s bestfriend was at the party. […] And the bestfriend would smile and look self-satisfied as plain bestfriends will. But the bestfriend’s bestfriend (they all had bestfriends) was not Alice. The bestfriend’s bestfriend was Sophie.

   • 2001, Catherine Vi Tran, “The Convent”, in Sense of Memory: Diary of a Bitter Heart, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 40:

     One of my bestfriends said raining was a sign to tell people that god was crying because of sadness caused by human. At the teenager age, I did not wonder why my bestfriend had that idea in his mind. I never cared about the silly feeling about the rain that my bestfriend had in his mind.

   • 2021, Yoga Pramartha, Diary of an Ordinary Contemplator: A Textbook for Quarter Life Crises, page iii:

     My sincere thanks go to: Arya Bayu Permadi, a great bestfriend, who has also contributed in this book as the co-editor. Bayu is one of few bestfriends who can understand me even without me uttering any word.

   • 2021, Rexie Reblando, “Bestfriend”, in Spoken Word Poetry, Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN, page 70:

     Sometimes it is hard to find the true bestfriend

Usage notes

This form has become popular recently but is still considered nonstandard.

Further reading

• “Is "bestfriend" an acceptable spelling now?”, in English Language & Usage, Stack Exchange, 2020 July 1.