Slang Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Slang. The language of the underbelly or exclusionary in-groups. Often vulgar or inappropriate for polite company. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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b-girl n. They’ve also made more than 1000 arrests—most at cafeterias that serve alcohol without a meal or employ what is known in Miami law enforcement parlance as “b-girls.” (Major Exposito explains them thusly: “A woman comes up and asks a man, “Will you buy me a beer?’ Her beer is $15; his is $3.”) [ Language English Register Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 27, 2005)

B-Lo n. Judging by the reaction of the crowd at the recent Ballpark Brawl held at Dunn Tire Park in the city where Brown battled as linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, “B-Lo” was glad to have him back. [New York English Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 8, 2006)

babtou n. Verlan’s purview extends beyond French: In reporting on the recent unrest, Peter was interested to hear black teens use the word babtou. It was the “verlanization” of a West African term, toubab, meaning white person. [ Language French Register Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2005)

baby dyke n. But the times, they are a changing. I am what is called a baby dyke (a lesbian under 24) and part of a new generation, who still care about women’s rights, but rally just as ferociously for MAC lipstick, Angelina Jolie and a shallow night out with the girls. [English Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 15, 2007)

Baby K n. According to detectives, Richardson and Copeland allegedly fired a warning shot into the house, then kicked in the rear door entrance, firing at Silve with a high-point 9mm assault rifle- known in street terms as a “Baby K”—and a .38 calibre handgun, detectives said. [English Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

babyhead n. The group trudges onward, scrambling over teetering scree—rocks first the size of oranges and then as big as volleyballs (called “babyheads” in climbing lingo). [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 10, 2007)

back jump n. One way of getting to tag trains was a method called doing a “back jump.” This when you hide near a station or lay up, wait til a train pulls in, then quickly do as much painting as you can before the train rolls out again. It’s quite dangerous as it in- volves crossing tracks and being around moving trains. There was a kid killed last year at Acton doing this sort of thing. [English United Kingdom Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 22, 2007)

back up the truck v. phr. The safety of these securities caused financial firms to load upon on them (“back up the truck,” in Wall Street parlance). They were considered so safe that financial firms used borrowed funds to buy more, and more, and more. [English Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 14, 2008)

backpack rap n. I think that’s already happening in the form of what Stretch Armstrong disdainfully calls “backpack rap”—emphasis on lyrics and/or bugged production, with head-nodding a low priority. unfortunately, this kind of synthetic genre is almost always defined by target demographic, not intenral resemblance. [English United States Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 28, 2004)

backpack toter n. If i came on here talkin bout baggy-jean, stripped-shirt, & beanie hat wearing, backpack toters, aka “hip-hoppers” I would get flamed. [English United States Hip-Hop Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 28, 2004)

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