Made someone a friend, especially in the context of social media; connected with someone as a friend.
From 'friend' (Old English 'freond', meaning loved one) plus the past tense suffix '-ed'. Modernized in the digital era to describe adding someone to a friend list.
The word 'friended' didn't really exist before Facebook (2004)—in about 20 years, we've naturalized a completely new verb that would've sounded bizarre to people just a generation ago.
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