In American sitcom Friends, Ross is described as being in the friend zone. Credit: Youtube.com.
The friend zone. Three dreaded words for most men. The Wikipedia page for ‘friend zone’ credits the sitcom Friends with popularizing the phrase, with Joey describing Ross as "the mayor of friend zone". Since it became mainstream, the friend zone has been a terrible place where nobody wants to end up.
For anybody unfamiliar with this cultural obsession, here is a brief description from Urban Dictionary:
