FF
What Does FF Mean in a Text?
FF means "Fan Fiction," "Follow Friday," "Friendly Fire," "Fast Finish," "Forfeit," and "Final Fantasy." Here is more information about each of these definitions, with examples of use.Fan Fiction
In communities centered around literature, movies, or television shows, FF is widely used as an abbreviation to refer to Fan Fiction, i.e., fan-generated stories that use existing characters and settings but with new plots or relationships. For example:
- "There's some great FF being written about #Plaid_Harry and #MeghanMarkIe right now!"
Follow Friday
A Twitter tradition where users recommend other profiles to follow on Fridays. FF is used with a hashtag - "#FF" - followed by the usernames of recommended accounts. For example:
- "#FF - Check out CyberDefs for any abbreviation or slang term that's got you wondering!"
Friendly Fire / Fast Finish / Forfeit / Final Fantasy
FF is used in online gaming with a number of meanings, including:- Friendly Fire - Fire that inadvertently damages or kills another player on the same team.
- Fast Finish - Used when a player finishes a game very quickly.
- Forfeit - Used when a player can see no hope of progress and decides to surrender or "forfeit" the game.
- Final Fantasy - A Japanese science fantasy media franchise, whose video game series is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
- Lee: "I'm down! You dorks have wasted me with your FF!"
- Sam: "Sorry. Let's FF and get outta here. I'd rather play FF anyway." (Here FF is being used to mean "Friendly Fire," "Forfeit," and "Final Fantasy.")
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When I write FF, I mean this:
FF also means "Follow Friday."
Summary of Key Points
First Definition of FF
"Fan Fiction" is the most common definition for FF on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Wattpad, and Instagram.| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Fan Fiction |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: |  2: Quite easy to guess |
| Typical Users: |  Adults and Teenagers |
Second Definition of FF
"Friendly Fire" is the most common definition for FF in gaming related communications on apps such as Discord, TeamSpeak and Telegram.| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Friendly Fire (Gaming Term) |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: | 2: Quite easy to guess |
| Typical Users: | Adults and Teenagers |
Third Definition of FF
"Fast Finish" is another common definition for FF in gaming related communications.| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Fast Finish (Gaming Term) |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: |  5: Extremely difficult to guess |
| Typical Users: | Adults and Teenagers |
Fourth Definition of FF
"Forfeit" is another common definition for FF in gaming.| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Forfeit (Gaming Term) |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: | 5: Extremely difficult to guess |
| Typical Users: | Adults and Teenagers |
Fifth Definition of FF
"Final Fantasy" is also a common definition for FF in gaming.| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Final Fantasy (Gaming Term) |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: | 5: Extremely difficult to guess |
| Typical Users: | Adults and Teenagers |
Sixth Definition of FF
"Follow Friday" is a common definition for FF on Twitter (or X).| FF | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | Follow Friday |
| Type: | Abbreviation |
| Guessability: |  3: Guessable |
| Typical Users: | Adults and Teenagers |
An Academic Look at FF
FF is classified as an initialism abbreviation, as it is pronounced one letter at a time. Initialisms are different to acronyms, which are abbreviations spoken as words. Other examples of initialisms are:
Example of FF Used in a Text
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