"GFE" meaning in English

See GFE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-GFE.ogg [Australia] Forms: GFEs [plural]
Etymology: (Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage. Etymology templates: {{sense|Google}} (Google): Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} GFE (countable and uncountable, plural GFEs)
  1. Initialism of girlfriend experience. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: girlfriend experience
    Sense id: en-GFE-en-noun-txtMOjB3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 13 9 3 24
  2. (real estate) Initialism of good-faith estimate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: good-faith estimate Categories (topical): Real estate
    Sense id: en-GFE-en-noun-SQwREpVu Topics: business, real-estate
  3. (US, military) Initialism of government-furnished equipment: equipment in the possession of or acquired directly by the government, and subsequently delivered to or otherwise made available to the contractor. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: government-furnished equipment (extra: equipment in the possession of or acquired directly by the government, and subsequently delivered to or otherwise made available to the contractor) Categories (topical): Military Hyponyms: GFP
    Sense id: en-GFE-en-noun-F8TkQ6NL Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. Initialism of global financial elite. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: global financial elite
    Sense id: en-GFE-en-noun-ekLbGSPS

Phrase

Audio: En-au-GFE.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: (Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage. Etymology templates: {{sense|Google}} (Google): Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} GFE
  1. (Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of Google fucking exists Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Alternative form of: Google fucking exists
    Sense id: en-GFE-en-phrase-ZYDJmW9T

Inflected forms

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