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blue

Language; Slang

1. (Australian) a violent row or fight ‘They got into a blue – Kelly pushed Char- lene into a gooseberry bush.’ (Neighbours, Australian TV soap opera, 1987) 2. (British) an amphetamine tablet. A ...

blue balls

Language; Slang

A condition of acute (male) sexual frustration, jocularly supposed to bring on a case of orchiditis, the testicles swelling to bursting point. This American expression of the 1950s, popular ...

bluebottle

Language; Slang

(British) A police officer. A term popular in the 1950s and still heard. It has been used in Britain since the 16th century, well before policemen wore uniforms, and indeed existed in ...

blue foot

Language; Slang

(British) A prostitute. An ephemeral word of uncertain origin. (Recorded by Deputy Assistant Commissioner David Powis in his Field Manual for Police, 1977).

bluey

Language; Slang

1. (British) a five-pound note or an amount of £5, from the turquoise colour of the banknote. A term used by young street- gang members in London since around 2000. 2. (Australian) a ...

blunt

Language; Slang

A marihuana cigarette, joint. This term, fashionable in the USA and the UK since the early 1990s, originally referred to a cigar hollowed out and filled with a combination of cannabis and ...

bob

Language; Slang

1. (Canadian) a fat or well-built woman. The term, which can be used pejoratively or with mild affection (usually condescending), is an abbreviation of ‘big ol bitch’. 2. (British) the male ...