BFF

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> Urban Dictionary has this back to November, 2003.  More people like the
> translation "Best Friend For*ever*," but "Best F------ Friend" has its
> adherents from the beginning.

In the archives you'll find a 1988 cite from Barry, in a USA Today article about
yearbook lingo. I'm guessing a check of actual high school yearbooks would push
this back to the early '80s at least.


--Ben Zimmer

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