"BBW" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BBWs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. * (big beautiful woman): 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. Etymology templates: {{sense|big beautiful woman}} (big beautiful woman):, {{coin|en|Carole Shaw|in=1979|nobycat=1|w=-}} Coined by Carole Shaw in 1979 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} BBW (countable and uncountable, plural BBWs)
  1. (sexuality) Initialism of big beautiful woman: used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: big beautiful woman (extra: used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive) Categories (topical): Sexuality, People
    Sense id: en-BBW-en-noun-qW1uhLt7 Disambiguation of People: 32 37 23 8 Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
  2. (sexuality) Initialism of big beautiful woman: used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive
    (body morphology) Initialism of big-boned woman: recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: big-boned woman (extra: recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women) Categories (topical): Sexuality, Obesity, People
    Sense id: en-BBW-en-noun-8ylXtLuR Disambiguation of Obesity: 32 44 20 4 Disambiguation of People: 32 37 23 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 48 24 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 60 19 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 57 17 22 Topics: anatomy, body, human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, medicine, morphology, sciences, sexuality
  3. Initialism of Big Bad Wolf Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Big Bad Wolf Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-BBW-en-noun-vI~PZTgX Disambiguation of People: 32 37 23 8 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. (automotive) Initialism of brake-by-wire. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: brake-by-wire Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-BBW-en-noun-sVn6XzcF Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (big beautiful/boned women): SSBBW
Disambiguation of 'big beautiful/boned women': 37 39 21 2

Inflected forms

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