"BFF" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbiː.ɛfˈɛf/ Forms: BFFs [plural], bff [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BFF (plural BFFs)
  1. (informal) Initialism of best friend forever. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism Alternative form of: best friend forever Related terms: BFFL (english: best friend for life)
    Sense id: en-BFF-en-noun-VX1JEFTv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Friendship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Friendship: 81 19
  2. (software engineering) Initialism of backend for frontend. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: backend for frontend
    Sense id: en-BFF-en-noun-j4Y8WQ7m Categories (other): Software engineering Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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