Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

b/f

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: b/f
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of boyfriend.

Countable

noun

Initialism of breastfeeding.

Uncountable

verb

Initialism of breastfeed or its inflections.

Example Sentences

"Ugh, ::crying:: my b/f just broke up with me and I'm in tears."
"My Long term b/f is John, he's 26."
"i am looking for my b/f"
"I think it is a combo of b/f and your parenting. I believe it is mostly our parenting practices, though."
"I guess I'm lucky. Where we live women are whipping out the boob in public all the time to b/f. […] The percentage of women here who b/f is very very high."
"She mentioned something about b/fing babies who nurse through the night have more cavities […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

b/fs (plural) b/fs (present, singular) b/fing (participle, present) b/fed (participle, past) b/fed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

bf

Questions

What does b/f mean?: Initialism of boyfriend.

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