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bf

1 American  
[bee-ef] / ˈbiˈɛf /

abbreviation

  1. best friend.

  2. Printing. null b.f. boldface.

  3. boyfriend.


BF 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Black female.


bf. 3 American  

abbreviation

Law.
  1. brief.


B/F 4 American  
Accounting.
  1. brought forward.


B.F. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Finance.

  2. Bachelor of Forestry.


B/F 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. brought forward

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bf 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Burkina Faso

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Isn’t he too old to be my bf? lol”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

“Planned Parenthood wants $650. My bf and I live in our car.”

From The Guardian Nov. 21, 2016

Your baby - you chose but stop justifying your choice to give up bf - no one is asking you to people.

From Time May 14, 2013

Little did Clements-Jeffrey and her bf, Carlton Smith, know that the laptop had theft-recovery security software installed on it.

From Forbes Aug. 30, 2011

Her lord father promised her to Brandon Stark, amtao it was to him that she gave her token, Ujpale bhie handscarf she had embroidered with thfe leaping trout bf Riverrun.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Its creator, Jonathan Badeen, was partly inspired by studying the 1940s experiments of psychologist BF Skinner, who conditioned hungry pigeons to believe that food delivered randomly into a tray was prompted by their movements.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2025

The media company dismissed BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on May 3, delaying the filing of its quarterly earnings report.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

“Ben Borgers and his audit firm, BF Borgers, were responsible for one of the largest wholesale failures by gatekeepers in our financial markets,” said Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC’s enforcement division.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2024

Many companies that used BF Borgers must now find new auditors.

From New York Times May 3, 2024

“You and BF hop over the side. You two are the biggest. I’ll keep the raft clear of the flames—y’all take the rope and haul us to shore.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Korean soprano Karah Son, who has sung the role of Cio-Cio-San more than 300 times, and the emerging Chilean American tenor Jonathan Tetelman as B.F.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

He came from a blue-collar home where his dad, Gary, drove a truck for B.F.

From Washington Times Sep. 26, 2022

Modern dog training is rooted in the mid-20th-century work of American psychologist B.F.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2022

A major proponent of such conditioning was psychologist B.F.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Brokers in Dubuque have offered $330,000 cash for the B.F.

From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

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