BM

See also: .bm, Bm, bm, bm., and bm-

Translingual

Symbol

BM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bermuda.

   Synonym: BMU (alpha-3)

English

Noun

BM (countable and uncountable, plural BMs)

1. (military, astronautics) Initialism of ballistic missile.
2. (US, slang) Initialism of baby mama.
   • 2019 January 28, “Fetty Wap's Baby Mama Arrested After Fight for Telling Cop ... 'Suck My F***ing D***!!!'”, in TMZ‎^[1]:

     We broke the story ... the melee was caught on video, and appears to show a group of people attacking Fetty [Wap]'s BM and her friends.

3. (video games) Initialism of bad manners.
   • 2014, Doug Hendrie, AmalgaNations: How Globalisation Is Good:

     Fans know IdrA for his BM — Bad Manners.

4. (uncountable, broadcasting) Initialism of beautiful music.
   • 1983, Television/Radio Age, volume 30, page 72:

     Life support for BM formats
     Robert M. Lowery acknowledges that beautiful music formats are in the decline […]

   • 1988, Donald F. Harvey, Strategic management and business policy, page 300:

     Practically every dentist or doctor's office carries a BM station.

5. (in personal ads) Initialism of black male.

   Coordinate terms: BF, WM

6. Initialism of black metal.
   • 2000, NivendE, “black doom hybrids”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):

     They used to play Burzumesque BM, but moved on to a Doomy sound.

7. Initialism of body modification.
8. (Canada, US, euphemistic) Initialism of bowel movement.
   • 1911, Journal of the National Medical Association:

     Frequent involuntary urination. Frequent desire for B.M. but no result.

   • 2017, Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th edition, St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 424:

     Mr. Jansen stated that he had a medium-sized, soft, formed, brown BM after breakfast today.

9. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Abbreviation of boy moment.
10. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine.
11. (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music.

Proper noun

BM

1. (Malaysia) Initialism of bahasa Melayu and bahasa Malaysia.
   • 2017 July 3, “‘Medical grads with O Level need only take SPM BM’”, in The Star‎^[2], →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2017:

     Bahasa Melayu is the national language and the official language of the Federation, said Dr Noor Hisham. Therefore, one of the entry requirements  […] is a pass in BM subject at SPM level or equivalent.

   • 2018 July 14, Ibrahim Isa, quoting Maszlee Malik, “Education Ministry proposes weekly BM and English days”, in The New Straits Times‎^[3], →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 January 2019:

      […] on “National Language Day”, Bahasa Malaysia will be used  […] Thursday will be made the day to use BM while Monday or Tuesday for English.

   • 2018 December 3, Natasha Joibi, quoting Kadir Jasin, “Kadir Jasin: Language proficiency important, Malay children's command of BM weak”, in The Star‎^[4], →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 December 2018:

     The assumption that Malay children are already proficient in Bahasa Melayu (BM) upon entering Year One is incorrect  […] But while their command of English is strong, their BM is weak.

2. Abbreviation of British Museum.

Verb

BM (third-person singular simple present BMs, present participle BMing, simple past and past participle BMed)

1. (euphemistic) To have a bowel movement.
2. (video games) To have bad manners.

References

• “BM, n.” under “B, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Anagrams

• mb, MB, M.B., Mb

French

Etymology

Clipping of BMW.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ɛm/

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Noun

BM f (plural BM)

1. Short for BMW (automobile)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi ɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Proper noun

BM

1. Initialism of bahasa Melayu and bahasa Malaysia.

   kelas BM ― Malay/Malaysian class

   buku BM ― Malay/Malaysian book

Further reading

• “BM” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Spanish

Proper noun

BM m

1. Initialism of Banco Mundial (“World Bank”).

Turkish

Proper noun

BM

1. Initialism of Birleşmiş Milletler. UN (United Nations)