v. To remove a person from one's list of friends on a social networking site.
2008
After Jerome Kerviel lost his employer, French investment bank Societe Generale, $7.2 billion, he also lost 7 of his 11 friends on Facebook. Smart move (MVE) by those ex-friends. You never know who's looking at your profile. Of course, at some point, you might be in a similar situation. Because this kind of thing happens all the time. So here's how to defriend that guy who just went into hiding after losing $7.2 billion.
2007
What social-media users are having none of is deception. Members expect authenticity from each other, so they're turned off, say experts, when someone doesn't say they're affiliated with a certain product yet are obvious evangelists. …
Ultimately, abusive practices can backfire as members "de-friend" shills, says Jeff Beringer, vp of the Web relations group at GolinHarris, a telecom-marketing services firm.
Ultimately, abusive practices can backfire as members "de-friend" shills, says Jeff Beringer, vp of the Web relations group at GolinHarris, a telecom-marketing services firm.
2005 (earliest)
defriend
(v) To remove someone from your livejournal friends list.
"I defriend people who post quiz results. Get a life!"
(v) To remove someone from your livejournal friends list.
"I defriend people who post quiz results. Get a life!"