People you regularly meet in an elevator at your school or workplace, and nod/smile awkwardly, but don't know their names, or anything else.
My friend wants to invite her elevator acquaintance to her wedding, but doesn't know his name.
Two people that have sex outside of a standard relationship ship. It’s one step above one night stands but one step below friends with Benefits.
“Me and sally aren’t friends. We’re Civil acquaintances”
A distant acquaintance is someone who you wish to fuck the ever-living shit out of on a regular basis and who one day you will want to marry.
I heard Helayna wants Arius to be her distant-acquaintance