informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …—
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Maybe enough for a matinee with a bestie?
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
She has since been photographed next to plenty of starry faces, from bestie Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney to Jake Gyllenhaal and Bad Bunny.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Kiana and her emotional support bestie burst The Valley’s aggressive elder millennial energy with an aura clearly curated by TikTok and Instagram.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
For somebody with a 12-person kill list, Etta has a total lack of urgency, working her two jobs, bonding with her two new besties and embarking on a wholly unconvincing love story with a college student named Matt (Tyler Tomás Perez, less appealing here than on Abbott Elementary).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
She has since been photographed next to plenty of starry faces, from bestie Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney to Jake Gyllenhaal and Bad Bunny.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Kiana and her emotional support bestie burst The Valley’s aggressive elder millennial energy with an aura clearly curated by TikTok and Instagram.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
For somebody with a 12-person kill list, Etta has a total lack of urgency, working her two jobs, bonding with her two new besties and embarking on a wholly unconvincing love story with a college student named Matt (Tyler Tomás Perez, less appealing here than on Abbott Elementary).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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