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The friend you didn't choose but somehow became your whole childhood.
means A companion you play with, especially a child's fellow playing partner.
from A simple English compound, joining "play" (Old English plega, sport or frolic) with "mate" (a companion, from a Germanic root tied to sharing food — literally one you ate with, related to "meat"). So a playmate is, at heart, a companion of play — the eating-buddy sense softened over centuries into the wider notion of a partner in any shared activity.
- word origin
- Coined in 1610s, long before Hugh Hefner borrowed it
- animal kingdom
- Rats laugh when tickled during play with peers
- brain science
- Childhood play wires the prefrontal cortex for life
- toy industry
- Imaginary playmates peak between ages three and seven
- loyalty test
- Sandbox alliances rarely survive a stolen shovel
playmate of the month — playboy magazine's centerfold feature started in 1953, featuring a different woman each month
jenny mccarthy playboy — playboy playmate of the month in december 1993, later became tv host and actress
dorothy stratten — playboy playmate of the month in august 1979, murdered in 1980, subject of film 'star 80'