Standard Lemma guide

BBM

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of BlackBerry Messenger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, politics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PBBM

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A message sent via Blackberry Messenger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of big beautiful man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: lifestyle, sexuality

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: BHM

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To send (a message) to (someone) via the BlackBerry Messenger service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Examples

  • 2010 February 15, Emma Roberts, quoted by Michael Ordoña, "Sweet Times for Emma Roberts", Los Angeles Times Our generation is definitely all about the texting and the e-mailing and the BBM-ing and the IM-ing; it's endless.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Modification of BBW (“big beautiful woman”).