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bacon band

Language; Slang

(British) A bulging midriff as displayed eg between abbreviated top and low-cut trousers/ skirt. A synonym for muffin top recorded in 2006.

bad

Language; Slang

1 Good. Originally from the terminology of the poorest black Americans, either as simple irony or based on the assumption that what is bad in the eyes of the white establishment is ...

bad-boy

Language; Slang

(British) A youth, especially a tough or admirable male. A 1990s synonym for rude-boy or roughneck first used by black gang members before being adopted by other teenagers and younger ...

badmash

Language; Slang

(Someone who is) naughty, dissolute. A term used by Hindi speakers and by other Asians in the UK.

bag

Language; Slang

Favorite thing. e.g. What's your bag, man? Let's see if we have anything in common.

baffed

Language; Slang

(British) Baffled, confused, incapable. This abbreviation of baffled has been a vogue word among teenagers and some young adults in the London area since the mid-1990s.

anal

Language; Slang

(American) Irritatingly pedantic, fastidious, conscientious, etc. This shortening of the popular psychological categorisation ‘anal retentive’ was a vogue term among US college students in the ...