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Baltic

Language; Slang

Cold, freezing. It is not clear where and when this usage originated, but it was recorded among US college students and UK adults from the late 1990s. It's bloody baltic in here!

Bammy

Language; Slang

(British) (A person who is) crazy, eccentric. The term, originating as a dialect version of the colloquial 'barmy', is heard particularly in the Scottish Lowlands and the north of England.

Bambaclaat

Language; Slang

1. A male homosexual 2. A despicable (male) individual. The words are based on a dialect pronunciation of 'bum-cloth' as signifying both anal contact and something worthless.

Banana truck

Language; Slang

(American) A crazy person. An expression which evokes a whole truck-full of bananas, hence an excess of 'softness' (in the head).

Blow

Language; Slang

(American) 1. To leave, go suddenly. A shortening of 'blow away'. I better blow town before the cops come looking for me. 2. To perform fellatio (upon someone). In this sense the term may ...

Bloke

Language; Slang

A man. The most widespread slang term in Britain and Australia from the 1950s, when it superseded 'chap' and 'fellow', to the 1970s, when 'guy' began to rival it in popularity amongst ...

Blown out

Language; Slang

1. (American) Tired, exhausted or hung over. A high-school and preppie term probably adapted from the following sense. 2. (American )intoxicated or euphoric after taking drugs, ...