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AFC en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of automated fare collection (“system which regulates the collection of fares from passengers”).
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of adult foster care.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Association Football Club.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of automatic frequency control.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:incel slang, uncountable) Initialism of average frustrated chump.
    • My problem was the same as every other average frustrated chump (AFC). 2015, Trina Boice, Base Hits and Home Run Relationships: What Women Wish Guys Knew, →ISBN:
    • I've successfully transformed myself from an AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) into an RAFC (Recovering Average Frustrated Chump). 2008, Zander Martin, The Players, →ISBN, page xxxvi:
    • Most AFCs, most guys looking in from the outside, can relate to the idea of what an average frustrated chump is – they can identify with it. 2011 September 13, Rollo Tomassi, “Average Frustrated Chump”, in The Rational Male:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
AFCs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

AFCness · AFCdom · AFChick

Source: en.wiktionary, “AFC” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

AFC en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of American Football Conference.
    • We’ve already had north of 50 million watch the AFC and NFC Championship games at their peak. 2022 February 12, Harry Enten, “Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams: The unluckiest sports teams and other Super Bowl musings”, in CNN:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:Australian rules football) Initialism of Adelaide Football Club.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Application Foundation Classes.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of additional finance charges.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Asian Football Confederation.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Arsenal Football Club.