BFD

abbreviation for

, Slang.

1. (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity).
   1. (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that a person or thing is considered unimportant or unimpressive):

      All I can say is BFD—her engagement is not exactly big news.

   2. a person or thing of great importance or consequence; a big deal:

      It was the kind of BFD that impacted the whole industry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of BFD¹

First recorded in 1965–70; “B(ig) F(uckin') D(eal)” or “B(ig) F(at) D(eal)”

Example Sentences

The preliminary theory as to the cause of the blast is that the charged line contacted the leaking natural gas, sparking the fire and with it the explosion, BFD spokesperson Kevin Cartwright told the Baltimore Sun.

From Washington Times

Regal also offers Regal Crown Club Value Days, a special discount on movie tickets for all Crown Club members, while Alamo Drafthouse offers BFD Tuesdays, which offer discounted tickets to regular priced 2D movies.

From Salon

Then his own presidential announcement, which he clearly expected to be a BFD, was so boring that even Fox News cut away after 40 minutes for color commentary.

From Salon

This bill is a BFD, as then-Vice President Biden famously said of other landmark legislation.

From Los Angeles Times

“This is a BFD,” Obama wrote on Twitter after Biden signed the act into law, in a nod to Biden’s hot-mic comment at the 2010 signing ceremony for the Affordable Care Act.

From Washington Post