pen pal

noun

: a friend made and kept through correspondence

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In addition to being pen pals with exhibition artists Bogart and Purnell, Emily’s Sassy Lime band members were also an inspiration for The Linda Lindas, a Los Angeles girl punk band who will be displaying drawings, clothing and music videos at the biennial. Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 18 June 2025 Consider Rumi’s dalliance with illegally downloading music, which puts him on the radar of a not-so-mysterious pen pal known as Curious_George_Bush43! Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 2 June 2025 Sometimes Fatma goes to the balcony to show her pen pal the view, and her closeness to this devastation rebirths its horror anew. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 May 2025 Who knows, maybe one of those adoring pen pals got a reply not long after this was taken? James Mercadante, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pen pal

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pen pal was in 1925

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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pen%20pal. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

pen pal

noun
: a friend made and kept through letter-writing

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