MFW

English

Etymology 1

Originated on 4chan.

Phrase

MFW

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of my face when ....

Usage notes

• Precedes a description of a situation, or follows on online post or a text message, suggesting that the material being referred to elicited a certain facial expression from the writer (disgusted, upset, envious, etc.). Usually also accompanied by an Internet meme graphic, or an emoji or other emoticon, of a humorous face illustrating the expressed emotion.

Related forms

• TFW

See also

• MRW

Anagrams

• WFM, WMF

Etymology 2

Noun

MFW (plural MFWs)

1. (Philippines, neologism) Initialism of Metaverse Filipino Worker. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
   • 2024 March 18, Eli Tan, Jes Aznar, “What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Overseas Filipino workers, known as O.F.W.s, are also returning to the country to earn crypto as M.F.W.s, or metaverse Filipino workers.