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MFW
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mfw
English
Etymology 1
Originated on 4chan.
Phrase
phr
en Internet slang originally 4chan slang en my face when.
Usage notes
Precedes a description of a situation, or follows an online post or a text message, suggesting that the material being referred to elicited a certain facial expression from the writer or speaker.
Usually also accompanied by an Internet meme graphic, or an emoji or other emoticon, of a humorous face illustrating the expressed emotion.
Etymology 2
Noun
en Philippines neologism en metaverse Filipino worker en not enough attestations.
en-US Eli Tan What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines. The New York Times 2024-03-18 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/technology/crypto-video-games-philippines.html 0362-4331 Jes Aznar Overseas Filipino workers, known as O.F.W.s, are also returning to the country to earn crypto as M.F.W.s, or metaverse Filipino workers. https://web.archive.org/web/20250920001351/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/technology/crypto-video-games-philippines.html 20 September 2025
See also
en MRW
en TFW
Anagrams
en fmw WFM WMF
en Internet memes