BBQ

See also: bbq

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pseudo-acronym of barbecue, by phonetic similarity of the letter names.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːɹbəkjuː/, /biːbiːkjuː/

Noun

BBQ (plural BBQs)

  1. Abbreviation of barbecue.

Coordinate terms

Verb

BBQ (third-person singular simple present BBQs, present participle BBQing, simple past and past participle BBQed)

  1. (chiefly US, informal) Abbreviation of barbecue.

Derived terms

Chinese

Etymology 1

From English BBQ. The “cliched happy ending” sense comes from the fact that TVB dramas often end in some form of a barbecue.

Pronunciation

Noun

BBQ

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) barbecue
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of soap operas) cliched happy ending

Verb

BBQ

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to barbecue
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of soap operas) to end in a cliched happy ending

Etymology 2

(Internet slang) alternative form of 芭比Q了

Pronunciation

Verb

BBQ

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, Mainland China, Taiwan) to screw up, to be done for.
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