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Blatant

Language; Slang

1. Obvious. Can be used to express surprise, as in: 'What the blatant pantsgan do you think you're doing?' 2. Outright 3. Excessive, outrageous. A vogue term (invariably used to indicate ...

Blimp

Language; Slang

A fat person. A favourite American college-student term of derision, also heard among British schoolchildren and others since the 1980s. From the name of the World War I barrage ...

Blatted

Language; Slang

(British) Intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. A popular word among adolescents since the 1990s. Like many synonyms, the word evokes the notion of someone struck (down) or punished (which has ...

Blinder

Language; Slang

(British) An impressive or exciting action, thing or person. The word, which is often used for a sporting feat, commonly in the phrase to 'play a blinder', implies something 'visually ...

Blat

Language; Slang

(Australian) A short trip on a bicycle. The word, which was featured in the long-running soap opera neighbours in 1996, has been adopted by British schoolchildren.

Blind

Language; Slang

(South African) Unpleasant, painful. Recorded as an item of Sowetan slang in the Cape Sunday Times, 29 January 1995.

Boff

Language; Slang

1. (British) The backside, buttocks 'A kick up the boff.' (Only Fools and Horses, British TV comedy series, 1989) 2a. (American) A successful joke 2b. (American) A hearty laugh Both senses of the ...