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Bingo

Language; Slang

(British) An arrest, a successful search. A customs officers' term employing the triumphal cry from the popular game of chance. We got a bingo finally after three weeks.

Bio-head

Language; Slang

(American) An unstylish person, a nerd. The expression was recorded in the late 1990s among college students and Internet users.

Bingo bling

Language; Slang

(British) Cheap, ostentatious jewellery as worn, e.g., by chavs. A synonym of Argos bling recorded in 2005.

Binting

Language; Slang

Pursuing or seducing females. A term used by (generally unsophisticated) young males, from the noun form bint.

Biotch

Language; Slang

(American) 1. An unpleasant female 2. A female An alteration of bitch in use among students since 2000.

Bin-diving

Language; Slang

(British) Rummaging in rubbish in search of food or valuables.

Blag

Language; Slang

Also used as verb. (British) 1. (To carry out) a robbery. This is the sense of the term familiar to most people since its use in TV shows of the 1970s giving a realistic perspective on ...

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