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Bills

Language; Slang

(British) Male underpants. The term, in use in the Liverpool area in 2003, is said to refer especially to boxer shorts. It has given rise to the expression chill one's bills; relax, calm ...

Bin

Language; Slang

(British) To throw away, reject. A sharper or more imperious version of 'chuck it' or 'dump it' is 'bin it', heard since the late 1980s, especially in offices and in a broader ...

Bimbetude

Language; Slang

Combined physical attractiveness and intellectual vacuity. This humorous com- bining of bimbo and 'pulchritude' was briefly recorded in the early 1990s.

Billit

Language; Slang

(British) A marihuana cigarette, spliff. A term used by young street-gang members in London since around 2000.

Bimboy

Language; Slang

A male bimbo. This humorous item of journalese is a synonym for the (possibly more common) himbo.

Blocked

Language; Slang

(British) Under the influence of drugs, especially pep pills or amphetamines. This word was popular in the early 1960s among mods, who used it to refer to the state of intoxication ...

Blob

Language; Slang

(British) 1. A corpse, road-accident victim. An unsympathetic term used by ambulance men, the police and tramps. 2. An ulcer, excrescence 3. A bodily protuberance, a breast or a ...