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Bem

name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.

    "gasconade county / Bem vicinity / PEENIE ARCHEOLOGICAL PETROGLYPH SITE / 3 miles east of Bem / Pre-Columbian"

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of British Empire Medal. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A stock character in science fiction; a grotesque creature, often an extraterrestrial, that menaces the protagonists. derogatory, often, slang

    "Incidentally, Mr. Bergey, the BEM's on your latest smear have extremely jovial expressions on their pans to be as tough a bunch of eggs as Friend made them out."

  3. 3
    Initialism of block, element, modifier, a convention for authoring CSS. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Where OOCSS and SMACSS can be seen as a more of frameworks for thinking about structured CSS combined with some handy rules of thumb, BEM is a much more rigid system for how to author and name your styles. BEM is originally an application development methodology from the search engine company Yandex."

Etymology

Acronym of bug-eyed monster.

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