AFC

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Initialism of American Football Conference.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismAmerican footballInitialism of American Football Conference.

    We’ve already had north of 50 million watch the AFC and NFC Championship games at their peak.

    2022 February 12, Harry Enten, “Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams: The unluckiest sports teams and other Super Bowl musings”, in CNN
  2. abbreviationinitialismAustralian rules footballInitialism of Adelaide Football Club.
  3. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Application Foundation Classes.
  4. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of additional finance charges.
  5. abbreviationinitialismball gamesInitialism of Asian Football Confederation.
  6. abbreviationinitialismball gamesInitialism of Arsenal Football Club.
nounAFC (countable and uncountable, plural AFCs)

plural AFCs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabletransportInitialism of automated fare collection (“system which regulates the collection of fares from passengers”).
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of adult foster care.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of Association Football Club.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of automatic frequency control.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableincel slanglifestyleInitialism of average frustrated chump.

    My problem was the same as every other average frustrated chump (AFC).

    2015, Trina Boice, Base Hits and Home Run Relationships: What Women Wish Guys Knew, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    I've successfully transformed myself from an AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) into an RAFC (Recovering Average Frustrated Chump).

    2008, Zander Martin, The Players, →ISBN, page xxxvi

    Most AFCs, most guys looking in from the outside, can relate to the idea of what an average frustrated chump is – they can identify with it.

    2011 September 13, Rollo Tomassi, “Average Frustrated Chump”, in The Rational Male

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APA

AFC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFC

MLA

“AFC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFC. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AFC,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AFC.

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