BBW

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

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Meanings

nounBBW (countable and uncountable, plural BBWs)

plural BBWs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.

    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.

    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, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025
    1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of big-boned woman, recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableautomotiveInitialism of brake-by-wire.
proper nounBBW (plural BBWs)

plural BBWs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Big Bad Wolf.

Origin

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.

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APA

BBW. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BBW

MLA

“BBW.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BBW. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BBW,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BBW.

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