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BBW

BBW is the initialism of big beautiful woman.

BBW is the initialism of big-boned woman.

BBW is the initialism of brake-by-wire.

BBW is the initialism of Big Bad Wolf.

Meaning of Big Bad Wolf

Noun

Big Bad Wolf (plural Big Bad Wolves)

  1. (usually) An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables.
  2. (figuratively) Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat.
    Synonyms:
    bogeyman

Forms of BBW

Noun
pluralBBWs
Proper noun
pluralBBWs

Origin of BBW

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.

Words formed from BBW

Questions about BBW

What is BBW the initialism of?
BBW is the initialism of big beautiful woman.

Words near BBW in the dictionary

  1. BBStro
  2. BBStros
  3. BBSW
  4. BBSWs
  5. BBT
  6. BBW
  7. BBWs
  8. bby
  9. bc
  10. BC Coast
  11. BC Interior

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: BBW (page history and authors); Big Bad Wolf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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