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Bladdered

Language; Slang

(British) Drunk. An increasingly common term among middle-aged speakers as well as students, etc., since the early 1990s. It was used in the TV soap opera Brook- side. '"What I like to do on a ...

Blast

Language; Slang

1a. A party or celebration 1b. Any enjoyable or exhilarating experi- ence 2. An inhalation of cannabis or another euphoric drug 3. British a gun. A term used by young street-gang members ...

(British) A traffic patrol officer. An item of police slang recorded by the Evening Standard magazine in February 1993. The black refers to the uniform and the rat to other officers' and motorists' ...

Black maria

Language; Slang

A prison van or police car or van. The nickname originated in the USA in the mid-19th century (Maria is probably an arbitrary borrowing of a female name as a familiarising device).

Black bombers

Language; Slang

(British) Capsules of Durophet (a form of amphetamine popular among drug abusers in the 1960s), named for their colour and their powerful effects.

Black stump

Language; Slang

(Australian) A very remote region. The mythical starting point for 'the back of beyond'. See also Woop-woop.

Boff

Language; Slang

1. To hit, punch. A nursery variant of biff, occasionally used semi-facetiously by adults. 2. To have sex (with), fuck '"He's a logical choice". "So the fact he's boffing her has nothing to do with ...