What Does BFF Mean?

BFF means "Best Friends Forever" and "Big Fat Friend".

The abbreviation BFF is typically used by teenage girls as a term of friendly endearment with the meaning "Best Friends Forever" or "Best Friend Forever". BFF is also sometimes used with the same meaning by older girls and some boys as a humorous way of referring to or addressing a friend.

Of note, "Best Friends Forever" is also often abbreviated as BFFE.

BFF is sometimes also used with the meaning "Big Fat Friend". This is a disparaging term typically used by boys to refer to a less-attractive friend of a girl that they are trying to chat up.

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Definition for BFF

BFF means "Best Friends Forever ". This is the most common definition for BFF on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. Here is some more information about BFF:

BFF
Definition:	Best Friends Forever
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	4: Difficult to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

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When I write BFF, I mean this:

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These girls will be BFF.

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Examples of BFF in Sentences

Here are examples of BFF being used in conversations:

Person A: Are we BFF?
Person B: It depends what you are going to ask me for.

Person A: Did you get it on with Cindy last night?
Person B: No way. Her BFF wouldn't leave us alone all night.

An Academic Look at BFF

BFF is an initialism abbreviation. This means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., "Bee Eff Eff"). Initialisms contrast with acronyms, which are spoken like words.

BFF is used as a noun. When the term is expanded, it is a noun phrase headed by the common noun Friend or Friends. (The words Best and Forever modify Friend(s).)