Again, it's usually impossible to tell, though the spectrum is probably wide: fathers and sons, teachers and students, pairs of brothers, cousins, army buddies, school friends, business friends, just plain friends, "special friends," lovers.
"Oh, buddy, high school," said Tabitha Keene, a nursing student who used to go to Carbon Hill High.
"There was a time when athletes were working-class heroes, when the guy on the field could have been your buddy from school," he said.
Annabel's best buddy at school is having a petting zoo birthday party, but there's no way in hell I am having one at our house.
When a buddy from school called to invite him over for a sleepover he explained, "I'm making cranes for my Uncle's wedding in Chicago.
Look for these qualities when finding a study buddy: Takes school seriously.
Mann and Chopra are both buddies at school who love building stuff.
She was going to drive up for a visit and bring some other buddies from school.
Dennis, his buddy from high school, whom he'd seen twice in 7 years of grad school and teaching, dropped by.
No more old-school buddy-buddy between the C-suite and the boardroom.
