plural BFFs
informal
: a very close friend
A BFF doesn't gossip about or lie to you. She doesn't share your secrets on her MySpace page.Girls' Life

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Blake Lively reportedly hasn’t congratulated her former BFF Taylor Swift on her engagement to Travis Kelce. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025 The role of Christopher Smith/Peacemaker’s (John Cena) BFF and sidekick was originally played by Chris Conrad, who is probably best-known as Johnny Cage in 1997 film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025 The followers came so quickly that just over a year later, Tu decided to run Your Rich BFF full-time. Stav Ziv, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025 All the while, the two of them kept the banter going in BFF fashion. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for BFF

Word History

Etymology

Best Friends Forever

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of BFF was in 1978

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“BFF.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BFF. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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