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Boot

Language; Slang

1. (American) To vomit. This preppie expression is either echoic or is a blend of barf and 'hoot'. 2. To leave, depart. Like bail, book, break a key term in the argot of street gangs.

Boosted

Language; Slang

Pleased, proud. This slang usage, recorded among London students in 2001, may derive from phrases such as 'boost one's self-esteem'.

Broad

Language; Slang

A woman. A disparaging term in that it is exclusively used by men and implies a lack of respect for the woman in question. The origin of the word is not documented but is probably from ...

Brief

Language; Slang

(British) 1. A lawyer. Derived from the 'briefs', or documents containing a résumé of each case, with which the lawyer is prepared or 'briefed'. A working-class term used since before ...

Bringdown

Language; Slang

1. A disappointment, a depressing experience. A black American and beatnik term popular among hippies in Britain. The word implies high expectations unfulfilled, or ...

Brill

Language; Slang

(British) Wonderful, exciting. A teenagers' shortening of brilliant, used as an all-purpose term of approval since the late 1970s. 'They are a wicked group and steam up the charts ...

Brok

Language; Slang

(British) Broken, damaged, in disarray. This alter- ation of 'broke(n)' probably originated in black dialect. It was a vogue term among teenage gangs (bruck[ers] is an alternative form). The ...