What is a Frenemy?
Frenemy is a term that is often used to refer to a business colleague that one maintains a friendly relationship with, but who is in fact an opponent. Within a business setting, a frenemy may be a coworker who has a desire to secure your job by discrediting you, while presenting a friendly front at the same time. At the same time, an individual may become a frenemy as a means of keeping tabs on someone he or she thinks is out to get them. By creating an environment where there is easy access to the other party, it is possible to monitor activity more closely, and possibly defuse a negative situation. The concept of the frenemy has been around for a long time. It is not difficult to find examples in literature of two people who genuinely like one another on one level, but are mortal enemies on another level. The source of the conflict may be love, lust, power, greed, or any other underlying motive that creates a situation where the two parties like each other and at the same time can’t
