BFF

Texting & Internet Slang abbreviation · Texting and Chat

BFF
Stands forBest friends forever
CategoriesTexting & Internet Slang

BFF stands for Best friends forever, a texting and chat abbreviation.

Label for a closest friend, used as a noun ("she's my BFF") and in captions, cards and merchandise. It spread from teen culture into mainstream English during the 2000s.

Example: Road trip with my BFF this weekend and the playlist is ready.

Usage notes

The MTV reality show "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" (2008) helped push the term into everyday speech, and major dictionaries now list it. Commonly pluralized as BFFs. Affectionate and harmless; acceptable in casual work chat about personal life but not in formal documents.

More texting and chat abbreviations

  • BB – Bye-bye
  • BBIAB – Be back in a bit
  • BBL – Be back later
  • BBS – Be back soon
  • BC – Because
  • BDAY – Birthday
  • BFFL – Best friends for life
  • BFN – Bye for now
  • BRB – Be right back
  • BRT – Be right there
  • BS – Bulls***
  • BTDT – Been there, done that

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