hail-fellow-well-met
adjective /ˌheɪl.fel.əʊ.welˈmet/
/-oʊ-/ old-fashionedDefinition
› If a man or his actions are described as hail-fellow-well-met, they are very friendly and enthusiastic, sometimes in a way that is not sincere: He was greeted with the usual hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back and handshake.FriendlyExcited, interested and enthusiastic
(Definition of hail-fellow-well-met adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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