BBG

English

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Proper noun

BBG

1. (US, broadcasting) Initialism of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
   • 2018 June 6, Arwa Mahdawi, “Michael Pack: the Bannon ally critics fear will become Trump's global propagandist”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Donald Trump intends to nominate Michael Pack, a controversial ally of Steve Bannon, as the next head of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), according to a recent statement by the White House. […] BBG has sometimes been accused of being a propaganda outlet; perhaps because some of the networks it manages were set up for precisely that purpose.

Noun

BBG (plural BBGs)

1. (military, nautical) Initialism of guided-missile battleship (a battleship equipped with cruise missiles as one of its primary armaments).
2. (military, nautical) Abbreviation of battleship battle group.
3. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of baby girl (“address for a woman”).

Synonyms

battleship group

• BBBG

 

guided missile battleship

• BG

 

Hypernyms

guided missile battleship

• BB (battleship)

 

battleship group

• BG (battlegroup)

 

Hyponyms

guided missile battleship

• BBGN/BGN (nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship)

 

Related terms

guided missile battleship

• BBB/BB (ballistic-missile battleship)
• BBBN/BBN (nuclear-powered ballistic-missile battleship)
• BBN/BN (nuclear-powered battleship)

 

battleship group

• BBSaG
• BBSG
• BSaG
• BSG
• CBG
• CSG
• CVBG
• CVSG