Dictionary

BBW en · NOUN

Etymology

Abbreviations. Noun sense 1 was 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.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
   alt of big beautiful woman
   alt of used as a positive description for women who are
   • Dank Demoss, who’s described herself as “obese” and a BBW — “big beautiful woman” — walked into the New York City studio and sat down in a wheeled office chair before the interview started and she immediately looked uncomfortable and let the crew know it. 2025 February 11, Patrick Reilly, “500-pound rapper suing Lyft over ride denial asks for couch over chair at ‘Breakfast Club’ interview: ‘This is accommodation’”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive. ▸ Initialism of big-boned woman, recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women.
   alt of big-boned woman
   alt of making fun of the typical term for overweight women
   alt of recoinage of the acronym
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of brake-by-wire.
   alt of brake-by-wire

Forms

Coordinates

BBM · BHM · BHM · BBM

Deriveds

BBBW · SSBBW

BBW en · PROPN

Etymology

Abbreviations. Noun sense 1 was 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.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Big Bad Wolf.
   alt of Big Bad Wolf

Forms