英和和英

語源 1

Borrowed from German BMW.

固有名詞

BMW

1. A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).
   • 2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 22 February 2014:

     So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.

名詞

BMW (plural BMWs)

1. A motor car manufactured by this company
2. A motorcycle manufactured by this company

同意語

• (slang, car): beamer, beemer, bimmer

動詞

BMW (third-person singular simple present BMWs, present participle BMWing, simple past and past participle BMWed)

1. (slang) Initialism of bitch, moan, and whine.

語源 2

名詞

BMW (uncountable)

1. Initialism of biodegradable municipal waste.

語源 3

As a pun on the prestigious car brand.

名詞

BMW (plural BMWs)

1. (slang) Initialism of black man working (“a successful black male”).
   • 2023, Curtis R. Johnson, Emotions of a Towntaker Poet

     So for those brothers who are not yet a BMW, stay prayerful and positive until you become a fulltime black man working.

参照

• Tony Thorne (2014), “BMW”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

アナグラム

• BWM