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bucky

Language; Slang

(British) A gun. An item of black street-talk used especially by males, recorded in 2003. The same word is a term of endearment or address among males in the southern USA.

bud

Language; Slang

(American) Cannabis, marihuana. The use of the word is probably inspired by the appearance of the flowering heads and round seeds of marihuana plants.

buddha

Language; Slang

Marihuana. In the 1970s ‘Thai sticks’, then one of the strongest strains of mar- ihuana, were also known as ‘Buddha sticks’.

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 ...

budgered

Language; Slang

(British) Drunk. Probably a comical mispronunciation of buggered, it is 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 ...