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Bot

Language; Slang

1. (Australian) (to behave as) an irritant or cadger. A shortening of 'bot-fly' (a native parasite) or 'botulism'. 2. (British) a shortened form of 'bottom', arse.

Bosfotick

Language; Slang

(British) Drunk. An item of student slang in use in London and elsewhere since around 2000.

Buff

Language; Slang

1. An enthusiast, expert or aficionado. An American term which, in forms such as film-buff, opera-buff, etc., has become established in other English-speaking countries. The word is said (by ...

Buff

Language; Slang

(American) 1. excellent, attractive. A vogue term of appreciation or approval in use among adolescents since the early 1990s, first associated with the slacker and grunge subcultures ...

Buffalo bill

Language; Slang

(British) A till or cash box. An item of market traders' rhyming slang recorded in the mid1990s. A synonym from the same environment is Benny Hill. Just hand it over and I'll bung it in the old ...

Buffage

Language; Slang

(American) An attractive person or persons. A vogue term of 1993 using the -age suffix, as in grindage, tuneage, etc., with the vogue term buff, especially in the appreciative description ...

Buddy

Language; Slang

1. (American) a male friend, from 'butty', a British dialect or gypsy diminutive of brother. 'Butty', or 'but', is heard in parts of Wales to mean a close friend (of either sex). 2. a volunteer ...