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English word origin

Etymology of GFE

(Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage.

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The source etymologies

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Initialism of girlfriend experience. · Initialism of good-faith estimate. · Initialism 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. · Initialism of global financial elite.

phrase

Initialism of Google fucking exists.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

(Google): Introduced by sex columnist Dan Savage.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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