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B-Dubs
or bdubs [bee-duhbz]
What does B-Dubs mean?
B-Dubs is a nickname for the US restaurant and sports bar Buffalo Wild Wings, which specializes in chicken wings.
Where does B-Dubs come from?
Founded in 1982 in Columbus, Ohio, Buffalo Wild Wings was originally called Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck and abbreviated in marketing materials as BW-3.
In 1998, the company changed its name, so a new abbreviation was needed. B-Dubs is the result of abbreviating Buffalo Wild Wings to the acronym BWW, and then pronouncing it: “bee-double-you,” which can be shortened to “bee-dubs.” This new nickname was registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office on October 2, 2007.
Google searches of the non-hyphenated term bdubs have steadily climbed since 2004 as social-media hashtags, which cannot include punctuation, have become more ubiquitous.
Examples of B-Dubs
Who uses B-Dubs?
Patrons of Buffalo Wild Wings regularly use the term B-Dubs on social media, most often as the hashtag “#bdubs.” The hashtag has been included in more than 200,000 Instagram posts alone.
The company itself also includes the nickname on its official website and social-media pages. The Buffalo Wild Wings mobile app is called B-Dubs, the restaurant’s quick-serve offshoot locations are called B-Dubs Express, and the chain opened in 2017 in India under the name B-Dubs.
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