English Explanatory Dictionary

BBW

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
  2. Initialism of big-boned woman, recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women.
  3. Initialism of brake-by-wire.
name
  1. Initialism of Big Bad Wolf.

Word forms

BBW BBWs

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.

Derived words

BBBW SSBBW
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