The acronym FOAF was coined by Rodney Dale and used in his 1978 book The Tumour in the Whale: A Collection of Modern Myths.
My Best Friend's Wedding | Rupert Friend | Rob Friend | Our Mutual Friend | Identification friend or foe | Funeral for a Friend | Cliff Friend | Your Friend the Rat | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Owen Friend | Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial) | My Best Friend’s Wedding | My Best Friend | Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | Whenever I Call You 'Friend' | Just a Friend | Friend | friend | Donald Friend | best friend | You've Got a Friend | You're My Best Friend (Queen song) | You're My Best Friend | Where Is the Friend's Home? | Waiting on a Friend | The People's Friend | The Girl of My Best Friend | The Children's Friend (LDS magazine) | The Children's Friend | The American Friend |
In October 2007, during a news conference, Hatoyama attempted to justify plans to fingerprint and photograph all foreigners at immigration by claiming that an unidentified "friend of a friend", who is an Al-Qaeda terrorist involved in the October 2002 bombing in Bali, was able to sneak in and out of Japan repeatedly over the following years using different passports and wearing a fake moustache.