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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BFI /B-F-I/ n. See brute force and ignorance. Also encountered in the variants `BFMI', `brute force and _massive_ ignorance' and `BFBI' `brute force and bloody ignorance'. In some parts of the U.S. this abbreviation was probably reinforced by a company called Browning-Ferris Industries in the waste-management business; a large BFI logo in white-on-blue could be seen on the sides of garbage trucks. Source: Jargon File. |
Slang | Phrase. Source: Unknown. Definition: Big F****** Idiot. Context: Used by a chatter to describe someone that he does not care about offending. Often used in relation to "flamers.". Social Source: Internet chat room users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BFI | Danish | Indikation af dårlig frame | Post & Telecom |
BFI | Dutch | Indicatie slecht frame | Post & Telecom |
BFI | English | Baltic Freight Index | N/A |
BFI | Finnish | Virheellisen kehyksen ilmaisu | Post & Telecom |
BFI | French | Indication de mauvaise trame | Post & Telecom |
BFI | German | Blattflächenindex | Food & Agriculture |
BFI | Italian | Tasso di trame errate(E'il rapporto fra il numero di trame non corrette ed il numero di trame trasmesse) | N/A |
BFI | Portuguese | Indicação de trama deficiente | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BFI |
| Specialty definitions using "BFI": TLAs. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "BFI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "BFI" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 57.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 21.43% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Indonesia | BFI Indonesia Tbk. P.T. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bfi | 631 | bfi georgia | 6 |
bfi waste | 88 | bfi removal trash | 6 |
bfi management waste | 67 | bfi inc | 6 |
bfi system waste | 28 | bfi ohio | 6 |
bfi garbage | 26 | bfi landfill | 5 |
bfi trash | 25 | bfi atlanta | 5 |
bfi services waste | 20 | bfi massachusetts | 4 |
bfi roping team | 16 | bfi carlos san | 4 |
bfi fremont | 11 | bfi mateo san | 4 |
bfi minnesota | 10 | bfi sanitation | 4 |
bfi roping | 9 | bfi job | 4 |
bfi houston | 9 | bfi employment | 4 |
bfi canada | 8 | bfi company trash | 4 |
bfi removal waste | 8 | bfi memphis | 3 |
bfi recycling | 8 | bfi peninsula | 3 |
bfi optilas | 7 | bfi mn | 3 |
bfi california | 7 | bfi services texas waste | 3 |
bfi disposal | 7 | bfi florida | 3 |
bfi disposal waste | 7 | bfi city daly | 3 |
bfi colorado | 6 | bfi powder | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words containing "BFI": numbfish, numbfishes, subfield, subfields, subfile, subfiles, subfix, subfixes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fib. | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-i" | |
-1 letter: bi, if. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-i" | |
+1 letter: biff, fibs. | |
+2 letters: befit, biffs, biffy, bifid, brief, buffi, fiber, fibre. | |
+3 letters: basify, befits, belief, biface, biffed, biffin, biflex, bifold, biform, boffin, bowfin, briefs, fabric, fibbed, fibber, fibers, fibres, fibril, fibrin, fibula, fimble, foible, forbid, subfix. | |
+4 letters: backfit, baffies, baffing, bailiff, barefit, barfing, batfish, beatify, beefier, beefily, beefing, beliefs, benefic, benefit, bifaces, biffies, biffing, biffins, bifidly, bifilar, bifocal, bigfeet, bigfoot, bluefin, boffing, boffins, boiloff, bonfire, bowfins, boxfish, briefed, briefer, briefly, brimful, brutify, buffier, buffing, debrief, fabliau, fabling, fabrics, fatbird, febrile, fibbers, fibbing, fibered, fibrils, fibrins, fibroid, fibroin, fibroma, fibrous, fibulae, fibular, fibulas, filbert, filibeg, fimbles, fimbria, finable, finback, firebox, firebug, fixable, fobbing, foibles, forbids, freebie, friable, fribble, frisbee, fubbing, fubsier, furbish, fusible, fusibly, lobefin, subfile, tubifex, verbify, zombify. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 46 49 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..-. .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000110 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B F I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0046 0049 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364043 |
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