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Tue 1 Feb, 2011 08:38 am
Context:
Try to friendly them up, make them look human.
Sounds like a buzzword for the fashion or movie industry.
means:
Try to humanize them . . .
Try to make them look more friendly . .
Try to pretty them up . . .
(You) / try / to friendly them up
@PUNKEY,
It's from the screenplay for I, Robot
http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/507076
It's understandable (trying to make robots look more like humans), but it's not a common usage. I wouldn't recommend throwing it into conversation with most English speakers.