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BM
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Noun[edit]
BM (countable and uncountable, plural BMs)
- (euphemistic, chiefly Canada, US) Initialism of bowel movement.
- 1911, Journal of the National Medical Association:
- Frequent involuntary urination. Frequent desire for B.M. but no result.
- 2017, Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th edition, St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 424:
- Mr. Jansen stated that he had a medium-sized, soft, formed, brown BM after breakfast today.
- Initialism of black metal.
- 2000, NivendE, “black doom hybrids”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):
- They used to play Burzumesque BM, but moved on to a Doomy sound.
- (video games) Initialism of bad manners. Behaviour which shows disrespect to an opponent.
- 2014, Doug Hendrie, AmalgaNations: How Globalisation Is Good:
- Fans know IdrA for his BM — Bad Manners.
- (military, astronautics) Initialism of ballistic missile.
- (uncountable, Malaysia) Initialism of Bahasa Melayu or initialism of Bahasa Malaysia.
- 2017 July 3, “‘Medical grads with O Level need only take SPM BM’”, in The Star[1], →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2017:
- 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.
- 2018 July 14, Ibrahim Isa, quoting Maszlee Malik, “Education Ministry proposes weekly BM and English days”, in The New Straits Times[2], →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 January 2019:
- […] 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 December 3, Natasha Joibi, quoting Kadir Jasin, “Kadir Jasin: Language proficiency important, Malay children's command of BM weak”, in The Star[3], →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 December 2018:
- 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.
- (broadcasting, uncountable) Initialism of beautiful music.
- 1983, Television/Radio Age, volume 30, page 72:
- Life support for BM formats
Robert M. Lowery acknowledges that beautiful music formats are in the decline […]
- 1988, Donald F. Harvey, Strategic management and business policy, page 300:
- Practically every dentist or doctor's office carries a BM station.
- Abbreviation of British Museum.
- Abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine.
- (chiefly US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music.
Verb[edit]
BM (third-person singular simple present BMs, present participle BMing, simple past and past participle BMed)
- (euphemistic) To have a bowel movement.
- (video games) To use bad manners.
References[edit]
- “BM, n.” under “B, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2013.
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BM f (plural BM)
- Short for BMW (automobile)
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BM ?
- Initialism of Banco Mundial (“World Bank”).
Turkish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
BM
- Initialism of Birleşmiş Milletler. UN (United Nations)
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