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Box

Language; Slang

1a. The anus. An old term popularised by male homosexuals in the 1970s. 1b. the male genitals. A term occasionally used by British schoolboys (influenced by 'cricket box', a protective shield for ...

Bozo

Language; Slang

A buffoon, a clumsy or foolish person. A mild term of contempt which can sometimes sound almost affectionate. It has been widely applied to the former US president Ronald Reagan. ...

Bowl

Language; Slang

1. To leave in a hurry 2. To swagger, adopt an aggressive gait Look at him bowling along.

Boxed-up

Language; Slang

1. (British) comfortable, content. This vogue term of the early 1990s probably derives from the notion of a homeless person comfortably accommodated in a squat or a basher, etc., ...

Boy

Language; Slang

Heroin. Although this coded use of the standard word became common in the 1990s, it originated in US street slang of the 1920s. Its ultimate derivation is obscure, but may possibly ...

Bovver

Language; Slang

(British) Trouble, aggro. A spelling, in imitation of a London accent, of bother in its menacing euphemistic sense of physical violence or extreme aggravation. 'You want bovver?' was the standard ...

Boxhead

Language; Slang

(Australian) A stupid person. The term was one of many insults employed by the former Australian prime minister, Paul Keating, in outbursts in Parliament during the 1990s.