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blinding

Language; Slang

(British exclamation) Excellent, outstanding, astonishing. This old term of approbation from the language of middle-aged Londoners was adopted as a vogue term by adolescents in the ...

bling

Language; Slang

1. jewellery 2. ostentation, conspicuous display. See also chav These terms, from US hip hop and street usage, became emblematic of an assertive vulgarity and conspicuous consumption in popular ...

blinglish

Language; Slang

An imitation by white or Asian speakers of black speech patterns, especially of hip hop slang and a Caribbean accent. The term was reported in the Observer news- paper in February 2004.: it ...

blob

Language; Slang

(British) 1. A corpse, road-accident victim. An unsympathetic term used by ambulance men, the police and tramps. 2. An ulcer, excrescence 3. A bodily protuberance, a breast or a ...

blobocracy

Language; Slang

(British) Members of middle management or office workers, especially those considered unimaginative and undynamic. This dismissive epithet was heard in the office slang of the ...

blob-strop

Language; Slang

(British) A bout of bad temper on the part of a female. The term, from on the blob and strop, refers to pre-menstrual tension and is used by speakers of both sexes. She threw a terrible ...