BBW

See also: bbw

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BBW

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.

Noun

BBW (countable and uncountable, plural BBWs)

(sexuality) Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
Hyponyms: BBBW, SSBBW

Coordinate terms: BBM, BHM
- 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^[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 March 2025:
  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.
1. Initialism of big-boned woman, recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women.
(automotive) Initialism of brake-by-wire.

Derived terms

Proper noun

BBW (plural BBWs)

Initialism of Big Bad Wolf.

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