DFW

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Initialism of Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of David Foster Wallace.

    Yes, I was one of those DFW guys, but please keep reading. I discovered Wallace at 17, sitting in the over-cooled lobby of a test prep company where, shortly, my parents would pay a 24-year-old over $100/hour to remind me how to do trigonometry.

    2018 September 15, Julius Taranto, “On Outgrowing David Foster Wallace”, in Los Angeles Review of Books
noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of drug free workplace.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of department of fish and wildlife.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of department of fisheries and Wildlife.
adjectiveDFW (not comparable)
  1. Internetabbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of down for whatever.
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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