nodding acquaintance

Superficial knowledge of someone or something, as in I have a nodding acquaintance with the company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that software program. This expression alludes to knowing someone just well enough to nod or bow upon meeting him or her. "Early 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Astarte	əs-TAHR-tee (English)	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Kaveh	-	Persian, Persian Mythology
ŽOfia	-	Slovak
Adela	['ædilə]
Tharp	[θa:p]
Achard	-	Old Norman