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bollox

Language; Slang

(British) Bad. An adjectival form of the earlier noun, used by younger speakers since 2000.

bombed

Language; Slang

Drunk or stoned on illicit drugs. ‘Bombed out of one’s mind/skull’ is a common elaboration. ‘Harvey decided his only real option was to get bombed out of his skull; some things never ...

bomber

Language; Slang

1a. A pill or capsule of an illicit drug, especially amphetamines. See also black bombers 1b. A joint, especially a large or powerful one 2. A graffiti artist. From the verb to bomb. 3. ...

bona

Language; Slang

(British exclamation) Excellent, fine, the real thing. An all-purpose term of approbation increasingly heard among working-class Londoners in the 1980s, probably derived from ‘bona ...

bonce

Language; Slang

(British) The head. Bonce was a mid-19th-century dialect and schoolboy term for a big marble. The word was soon adapted to mean the head, and in that sense remained popular in young ...

boner

Language; Slang

1. A clumsy error, serious mistake. The origin of the term is not clear; it may be inspired by ‘bone-headed’ or by a ‘bone- jarring’ blow. 2. An erection. ‘Bone’, ‘hambone’ and ‘jigging bone’ ...