Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Initialism of Big Bad Wolf.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryInitialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive. · Initialism of big-boned woman, recoinage of the acronym, making fun of the typical term for overweight women. · Initialism of brake-by-wire.
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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