BFD

American  

abbreviation

Slang.

1. (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity).

   1. (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that a person or thing is considered unimportant or unimpressive).

      All I can say is BFD—her engagement is not exactly big news.

   2. a person or thing of great importance or consequence; a big deal.

      It was the kind of BFD that impacted the whole industry.

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Etymology

Origin of BFD

First recorded in 1965–70; “B(ig) F(uckin') D(eal)” or “B(ig) F(at) D(eal)”

Example Sentences

The preliminary theory as to the cause of the blast is that the charged line contacted the leaking natural gas, sparking the fire and with it the explosion, BFD spokesperson Kevin Cartwright told the Baltimore Sun.

From Washington Times

Regal also offers Regal Crown Club Value Days, a special discount on movie tickets for all Crown Club members, while Alamo Drafthouse offers BFD Tuesdays, which offer discounted tickets to regular priced 2D movies.

From Salon

“This is a BFD,” Obama wrote on Twitter after Biden signed the act into law, in a nod to Biden’s hot-mic comment at the 2010 signing ceremony for the Affordable Care Act.

From Washington Post

Borrowing a phrase from President Biden, Brewer called the find a “BFD” that “will give historians and Liberians an opportunity to rethink the country’s history.”

From Washington Post

Alluding to Obama's passage of the Affordable Care Act in March of 2010, Eric Levitz wrote in New York Magazine, "The $1.9 trillion bill, which passed the Senate on Saturday, is a 'BFD' at both the ground level and the 10,000-foot one."

From Salon