BFF (Best Friends Forever) (1992)

Sat May 6 17:05:10 UTC 2006

I do have an elementary school yearbook from 1987 or 1988 with 'BFF'
written in it, right above 'LYLAS' (love you like a sister).

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Dr. Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
University of Alabama English Department
Box 870244 • Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244
205.348.7616
rachel.e.shuttlesworth at ua.edu

Quoting Bapopik at AOL.COM:

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> BFF--4,840,000 Google hits
> BFF + BEST FRIENDS FOREVER--80,800 Google hits
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> "BFF" doesn't seem to be in either the OED or the HDAS. When oh when
> are
> they going to digitize Seventeen magazine?
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> May 5-7, 2006, AM NEW YORK, pg. 18:
> _BFFs are on the outs_
>
> Looks like Denise Richards is on the outs with one of her "best
> friends"
> Heather Locklear.
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> ...
> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
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>
> _BFF_
>
(http://groups.google.com/group/k12.chat.junior/browse_thread/thread/552
571d7c04778dd/941f36852fb0944e?
lnk=st&q=bff+best+friends&rnum=73&hl=en#941f368
> 52fb0944e)
> ... IT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR AWHILE SO I HAD TO TELL YOU.WHEN  ARE
> YOU
> GOING TO DO
> THAT THING WITH WIL!!WELL I BETTER GO BYE.FROM YOUR  BEST FRIEND
> BLOSSOM --
> uucp ...
> _k12.chat.junior_
> (http://groups.google.com/group/k12.chat.junior?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Feb
> 13 1992, 11:41 pm by Shandelle Modahl - 3  messages - 3 authors
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> (NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
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>      _Daily Herald_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?
img=oNSOVK9EnG6KID/6NLMW2qInSl8IvqPcdpsKnjPoPVntQWV7lofP80IF+CsZYmrz)
>  _Friday,  March 27,
> 1992_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?
Search=bff+and+"best+friends+forever"+AND+date:1992-03-27)
>  _Chicago,_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?
Search=bff+and+"best+friends+forever"+AND+cityid:5196+AND+stateid:3
> 7)   _Illinois_
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?
Search=bff+and+"best+friends+forever"+AND+stateid:37)
>   ......  "BFF BEST FRIENDS FOREVER."
> Five  alternates also were chosen: North Elementary School ...  ..
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