Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bbw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: bbw
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of brake-by-wire.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Big Bad Wolf.

Example Sentences

"Dank Demoss, who’s described herself as “obese” and a BBW — “big beautiful woman” — walked into the New York City studio and sat down in a wheeled office chair before the interview started and she immediately looked uncomfortable and let the crew know it."

Etymology

Abbreviations. Noun sense 1 was coined by Carole Shaw in 1979 in the first sense with the launch of BBW Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for plus-size women.

Usage

Inflected Forms

BBWs (plural)

Derived Forms

BBBW SSBBW

Frequently Paired Words

BBM BHM

Questions

What does bbw mean?: Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
Where does bbw come from?: Abbreviations. Noun sense 1 was coined by Carole Shaw in 1979 in the first sense with the launch of BBW Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for plus-size women.

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