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Boy racer

Language; Slang

(British) An irresponsible young car owner. A term of contempt applied to youths who characteristically decorate or customise cars and drive dangerously.

Bounced

Language; Slang

Fired from one's job, ejected, expelled or rejected. The image is one of forcible and speedy ejection resulting in one bouncing off one's backside on the floor or pavement.

Brown envelope

Language; Slang

(British) A full confession. The term, used by criminals and police officers in the 1990s, derives from the phrase 'to give (someone) a/the brown envelope' and typically ...

Brother

Language; Slang

1. A friend, often shortened to bro' in rap and hip hop parlance 2. (British) a lesbian. Although a fairly predictable coinage, it may in fact be an ironic male response to the feminist use ...

Bill

Language; Slang

Also "the Bill", "the Old Bill" (British) The police. A working-class London term, which slowly entered common currency during the 1970s, partly owing to television police dramas. The term's ...

(British) A boring, vacuous person. Supposedly a typical name for an earnest and tedious working-class or lower-middle-class male. The term was given humorous currency in the late 1970s and 1980s by ...

Billy (Bunter)

Language; Slang

(British) An ordinary member of the public, a customer. This item of rhyming slang meaning punter – borrowing the name of the fat schoolboy hero of children's storeys – was widely used in the service ...