What is the origin of the term BFF?

Answer 1

Originally, Lynn Luongo and Diana Piccininni started using the

term BFF about 30 years ago when writing cards and letters to each other. They ended these letters and cards with BFF !

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Please note, there is no evidence that the above is true. The term BFF was popularized by the TV Show Friends (see Episode 78: The One at the Beach, 1997).

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As early as 1983 in junior high, I remember signing notes passed in class with BFF, TTFN (Winnie the pooh origins) and even 2Good + 2Be = 4gotten. Ask anyone with a yearbook at least 30 years old and take a look at the signatures--you'll find "text speak". I grew up an Air Force brat beginning in the 70's and went to plenty of schools across the world; in every school people were writing these things. Taking that into account, I think the first answer above should be taken with a grain of salt.