BBL

See also: bbl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː biː ˈɛl/

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Phrase

BBL

1. Initialism of be back later; also bbl.

Noun

BBL (plural BBLs)

1. (surgery) Initialism of Brazilian butt lift.
   • 2018 August 29, “Why butt lifts can be so dangerous”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The estimated death rate from fat embolism may be as high as one in 3,000 for BBLs. A 2015 study of deaths from BBL surgery concluded that they probably occur as a result of gluteal blood vessels becoming damaged during the procedure, allowing fat to enter the bloodstream.

   • 2018 November 18, Eva Wiseman, The Observer:

     At an average cost of £3,000 abroad and £8,000 in the UK, the BBL uses liposuction to extract fat from a patient’s thighs to then inject it into their buttocks, but less invasive treatments proliferate.

   • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

     Catera Northup, 20, an exotic dancer from Providence, R.I., and Treneishyia Phillips, 27, from Waynesboro, Georgia, recovered from B.B.L.s at at^[sic] Enchantress. […] Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

   • 2024 September 30, Nicola Davis, “What are Brazilian butt lifts, and should they be banned?”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Traditional BBLs are risky because of the dangers should injected fat end up in blood vessels.

Proper noun

BBL

1. (basketball, UK, historical) Initialism of British Basketball League.
2. (banking, historical) Initialism of Bank Brussels Lambert, now part of the ING Group
3. (Australia, cricket) Initialism of Big Bash League.

French

Proper noun

BBL f

1. initialism of Banque Bruxelles Lambert