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BM en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of ballistic missile.
   alt of ballistic missile
2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of baby mama.
   alt of baby mama
   • We broke the story ... the melee was caught on video, and appears to show a group of people attacking Fetty [Wap]'s BM and her friends. 2019 January 28, “Fetty Wap's Baby Mama Arrested After Fight for Telling Cop ... 'Suck My F***ing D***!!!'”, in TMZ:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bad manners.
   alt of bad manners
   • Fans know IdrA for his BM — Bad Manners. 2014, Doug Hendrie, AmalgaNations: How Globalisation Is Good:
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of beautiful music.
   alt of beautiful music
   • Life support for BM formats Robert M. Lowery acknowledges that beautiful music formats are in the decline […] 1983, Television/Radio Age, volume 30, page 72:
   • Practically every dentist or doctor's office carries a BM station. 1988, Donald F. Harvey, Strategic management and business policy, page 300:
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, in personal ads, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of black male.
   alt of black male
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of black metal.
   alt of black metal
   • They used to play Burzumesque BM, but moved on to a Doomy sound. 2000, NivendE, “black doom hybrids”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of body modification.
   alt of body modification
8. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, euphemistic, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bowel movement.
   alt of bowel movement
   • Mr. Jansen stated that he had a medium-sized, soft, formed, brown BM after breakfast today. 2017, Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th edition, St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 424:
   • Frequent involuntary urination. Frequent desire for B.M. but no result. 1911, Journal of the National Medical Association:
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine.
   alt of Bachelor of Medicine
10. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music.
    alt of Bachelor of Music
11. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Boehringer-Mannheim, a test of blood glucose level using a glucosimeter.
    alt of Boehringer-Mannheim

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Coordinates

WM · WF · BF

wikidata: Q179348

BM en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of bahasa Melayu or bahasa Malaysia.
   alt of bahasa Melayu or bahasa Malaysia
   • […] on “National Language Day”, Bahasa Malaysia will be used […] Thursday will be made the day to use BM while Monday or Tuesday for English. 2018 July 14, Ibrahim Isa, quoting Maszlee Malik, “Education Ministry proposes weekly BM and English days”, in The New Straits Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2019:
   • The assumption that Malay children are already proficient in Bahasa Melayu (BM) upon entering Year One is incorrect […] But while their command of English is strong, their BM is weak. 2018 December 3, Natasha Joibi, quoting Kadir Jasin, “Kadir Jasin: Language proficiency important, Malay children's command of BM weak”, in The Star, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2018:
   • Bahasa Melayu is the national language and the official language of the Federation, said Dr Noor Hisham. Therefore, one of the entry requirements […] is a pass in BM subject at SPM level or equivalent. 2017 July 3, “‘Medical grads with O Level need only take SPM BM’”, in The Star, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2017:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of British Museum.
   alt of British Museum

BM en · VERB

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) To have a bowel movement.
2. To have bad manners.

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