# BBW

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #22,900

## Definitions
1. Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
2. Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.
3. Initialism of brake-by-wire.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **be** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-be)
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-by)
- **BC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bc)
- **bi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bi)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bs)
- **bo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bo)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bp)
- **bf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bf)
- **bd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bd)
- **BL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bl)
- **BM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bm)
- **bn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bn)
- **BG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bg)
- **BJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bj)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bw)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bh)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bbw-vs-but)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bbw