"BDO" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: BDOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BDO (plural BDOs)
  1. (science fiction criticism) Initialism of Big Dumb Object. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Big Dumb Object Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-BDO-en-noun-GI~l-EoW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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