Meanings
plural GFEs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of girlfriend experience.
She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek.
2001, (unknown), “ASP: "Julie" of Oral-Land-Oh”, in alt.sex.prostitution (Usenet)2 more examples
For many johns, the most popular feature of being with a prostitute is the so-called Girlfriend Experience, or GFE, where a client pays a prostitute to pretend to be his girlfriend during the session, making it seem more real than simply a business arrangement.
2011, R. Barri Flowers, Prostitution in the Digital Age: Selling Sex from the Suite to the Street, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 151Thus, while these sex tourists are looking for the GFE, they are crucially not looking for a girlfriend.
2016, Megan Rivers-Moore, Gringo Gulch: Sex, Tourism, and Social Mobility in Costa Rica, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 58 - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of good-faith estimate.
As usual, that broker's GFE was off by more than 30% from the final cost.
- USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of government-furnished equipment: equipment in the possession of or acquired directly by the government, and subsequently delivered to or otherwise made available to the contractor.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
(Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
GFE. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GFE
“GFE.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GFE. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “GFE,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GFE.
Source: GFE on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.