We named our new venture the BFD and we knew that everyone would immediately start asking. What does the BFD stand for? Making everyone guess is half the fun and we will neither confirm nor deny what it actually does stand for.
What I will do however is fill you in on all the things that the BFD stands for according to Herr Google.
- BFD stands for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD) is a network protocol that is used to detect faults between two forwarding engines connected by a link. It provides low-overhead detection of faults even on physical media that doesn’t support failure detection of any kind, such as Ethernet, virtual circuits, tunnels and MPLS Label Switched Paths.
2. Big Damn Funny (online humor magazine)
3. Business Design Facility
4. Big Dumb Face (band)
5. Broadway Dreams Foundation
6. Big Freakin’ Deal (polite form)
7. Belly Dance Fitness
8. Botswana Defence Force
9. Bio Diesel Fuel (energy)
Then there is the very rude Urban dictionary definition of BFD.
Don’t make such a B.F.D. out of it!
11. Slang commonly used in text messages or instant messages meaning big fucking deal, as used by Micheal Scott in an episode of The Office.
Jim: I can’t make a move on her she’s engaged.
Micheal: BFD, engaged ain’t married.
12. Breakfast for Dinner
13. Bowling for Dollars (1970s-era TV game show)
14. Blood Fire Death (record label)
15. Brute Force Detection (computer network security)
16. Bloomington Fire Department (Indiana)
17. Back from the Dead
18. Big Fantastic Deal (Dominoes Pizza)
19. Big Family Dinner
20. Beer For Dolphins (band)
21. Burger Fries Drink (fast-food)
22. According to InternetSlang.com BFD means “Big F***ing Deal”
So you got a parking ticket? BFD.
23. There are more than 56 different definitions for BFD in this online acronym dictionary. Blimey! Fifty-six Definitions!
24. In sailing slang BFD means Black Flagged – a ruling where a boat is deemed to have prematurely started a race that is started under Black Flag and is disqualified from that race, irrespective of whether that race is subsequently restarted, and awarded the maximum number of points.
25. Acronym: Big Fuckin’Deal. Use sarcastically ie You trashed your machine? BFD! There’s a backup or use it to describe something you are proud of…
Biden: We did it
Obama: Yes we did
Biden: This is a BFD.
So dear readers it is up to your own imaginations to decide what the BFD stands for.
All I will say is that The BFD is your Brash, Focused and Dedicated site for news, views and social commentary on issues locally and around the world, that matter to you.
