Bnf

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Backus-Naur form. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?"

  2. 2
    Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang

    "COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen."

  3. 3
    Initialism of Backus normal form. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete, uncountable

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backus-naur formwkfwkf

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"Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?"

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