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bagaza

Language; Slang

(South African) A gun, especially a handgun. Recorded as an item of Sowetan slang in the Cape Sunday Times, 29 January 1995.

bagel

Language; Slang

(British) An attractive male. A term, possibly from Jewish usage, employed by young women since 2000, it was recorded inKent in 2003, defined as denoting ‘fit men’. Compare ...

bagel-bender

Language; Slang

A Jew. A derogatory nickname, used principally in the USA, based on the name of the baked bread rings that are a Jewish culinary delicacy. Compare spaghetti-eater; taco-bender.

bagger

Language; Slang

( American) An ugly, repellent person. The term is a shortening of double-bagger and, like that phrase, was in use among adolescent and pubescent speakers in the 1990s.

baggies

Language; Slang

Long, wide shorts as worn by surfers since the 1960s ‘We’ll be wearin’ our baggies, huarache sandals, too.’ (‘Surfin’ USA’, the Beach Boys, 1963)

baggy

Language; Slang

(British) 1. (a devotee of) the Manchester music scene of the early 1990s. The so-called ‘baggy scene’ probably took its name from the very loose clothing affected by devotees of rave, ...

bag man

Language; Slang

1. Someone who collects or looks after money made illegally. An underworld and police term originating in the USA between the world wars and first applied to those sent by ...