fave

Or fav

[feyv]

noun

Slang.

1. favorite.

fave

/ feɪv /

adjective

1. informal,  short for favourite favourite

Word History and Origins

Origin of fave¹

First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening

Example Sentences

A critics’ fave from the get-go, Snider earned rave reviews with 2004’s “East Nashville Skyline,” whose highlights include a characteristically wordy depiction of the culture wars then roiling America in the wake of 9/11 — “Conservative, Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males,” it’s called — and “The Ballad of the Kingsmen,” in which he contemplates the meaning of the lyrics to “Louie Louie.”

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Both artists are part of a growing number of women of color making alternative rock — think also of Beabadoobee, whom Alemeda singles out as a fave — in an era when streaming and social media have dismantled some of the old orthodoxies regarding genre and identity.

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Skies, who adopted her great-grandmother's name, said she co-wrote Madeline, Sleepwalking, Let You W/in, which she described as "my fave", as well as Dallas Major, Relapse and Beg For Me.

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Holler praise for your fave player.

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” has a double-digit lead over Chloé Zhao’s festival fave “Hamnet,” which is tightly bunched with Ryan Coogler’s very original blockbuster “Sinners” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.”

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Related Words

• choice 
• darling 
• front-runner 
• idol 
• number one 
• pick