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BAMF
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bamf
English
Pronunciation
bămf US, en /bæmf/
en æmf 1
Noun
en slang en bad-ass motherfucker a very tough or formidably impressive person who is not to be trifled with.
en Matthew Jeremy Blevins Kira creams Damar rec.arts.startrek.current https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.startrek.current/c/AkcL0jcjrJQ/m/X5K3th8mPvwJ 3 November 1997 And -atttitude- is a big part of being a BAMF, too.
en w:John Ridley Thirty-four and Holding w:Those Who Walk in Darkness New York, N.Y. w:Warner Books 2003 23 https://archive.org/details/thosewhowalkinda00ridl/page/23/mode/1up 978-0-446-53093-4 Yarborough took a beat, recovered a little, got back to being a BAMF. Telepath couldn't put him down, he boasted. He hadn't met the freak that could.
en w:Jill Kargman Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut: Essays & Observations New York, N.Y. William Morrow 2011 140 https://archive.org/details/sometimesifeelli0000karg/page/140/mode/1up 978-0-062-00719-3 Fast-forward to my thirty-fifth birthday and my brother and I decided it was time to fulfill my dream of being a BAMF.
en w:Rebecca Serle The Vampire Diaries Recap: Take Out Her Heart Vulture https://web.archive.org/web/20230511012122/https://www.vulture.com/2015/03/vampire-diaries-recap-season-6-episode-16.html 13 March 2015 The first thing we learned about humanityless Caroline is that her voice is down an octave (sultrier, digging it), and also that she is a total BAMF.
en Stacy Grant Is Ariana Grande Trolling the Academy After the 2019 Grammys Feud? Seventeen https://web.archive.org/web/20220518183630/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a26276493/ariana-grande-2019-grammys-feud-instagram/ New York, N.Y. w:Hearst Digital Media 10 February 2019 0037-301X 1643827 Ariana tweeted her little heart out and set the record straight for fans, while slamming the Grammys in the process. And because she's a BAMF, she won an award three days after her tweetstorm.
Usage notes
Like en WTF, BAMF is regarded as far less offensive in its acronymic form than in its elaborated form.
German
Pronunciation
de /bamf/<q:acronym> /beːʔaːʔɛmˈʔɛf/
de De-BAMF.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-BAMF2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n
de German politics de w:de:Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge