fave
Shortened form of "favourite", used as both a noun ("she's my fave") and an adjective ("my fave song").
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Shortened form of "favourite", used as both a noun ("she's my fave") and an adjective ("my fave song"). Universal across pop-music fandom (where it became a Twitter staple in the early 2010s), reality-TV discourse, and casual texting. Verb form "to fave" (= to favourite a tweet/post) is also common.
Honestly her new album is my fave thing this year by a mile.
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- FAV74%
Favourite. Twitter's original button for marking a tweet you liked was the "fav" (a star icon), and the verb "to fav" stuck around even after the platform switched to "like" (a heart) in 2015. Older Twitter users still talk about "favving" tweets out of habit.
- favourite59%
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- favourite59%
(superlative) Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.).
- favourite57%
(positive, high-register or archaic) Liked, cherished.
- feevee56%
(US, colloquial, dated) Pay TV.