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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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baltic
Language; Slang

Cold, freezing. It is not clear where and when this usage originated, but it was recorded among US college students and UK adults from the late 1990s. It’s bloody baltic ...

bambaclaat
Language; Slang

1. A male homosexual 2. A despicable (male) individual. The words are based on a dialect pronunciation of ‘bum-cloth’ as signifying both anal contact and something ...

bammy
Language; Slang

(British) (A person who is) crazy, eccentric. The term, originating as a dialect version of the colloquial ‘barmy’, is heard particularly in the Scottish Lowlands and ...

bam-stick
Language; Slang

(British) A foolish or crazy person. The phrase is derived from bammy (the dialect version of ‘barmy’), and is used particularly in the north of England and lowland ...

banana
Language; Slang

1. A foolish person. This childish term of mild abuse is now obsolescent in Britain, but predictably is still heard in post-colo- nial English in the Indian subcontinent, ...

banana truck
Language; Slang

(American) A crazy person. An expression which evokes a whole truck-full of bananas, hence an excess of ‘softness’ (in the head).

bandit
Language; Slang

(British) 1. A homosexual. A dismissive or derisory term used by avowedly heterosexual males and deriving from longer expressions such as trouser bandit, arse ...

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