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

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blue room n. The blue room—The mess hall for superior officers, or captains and above. [English United States] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2004)

Bo Derek n. A Wall Street broker recently e-mailed a question to the online financial dictionary Investopedia.com: “What’s a Bo Derek?” He didn’t know that the actress who played Dudley Moore’s vision of the perfect woman in the 1979 movie “10” is now a Wall Street term for “the perfect stock.” And an analyst talking about a “Jennifer Lopez” or “J. Lo” is likely talking about the rounding bottom in a stock’s price chart. [English United States Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2004)

bodybag game n. South Florida, a school of over 34,000 undergrads, many of whom commute, took home a $650 K check for their trip to Auburn. That total is a quarter million more than what App State got in their win over Michigan. Nonetheless, South Florida athletic director says that it will be the school’s last “bodybag game” as they will expect a return visit out of all their non-conference opponents. [English United States Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 18, 2007)

boi n. Girlie girls are dressed to impress and bois, butches, andros, trannies and all the in-betweens flirt, dance and drink until the wee hours. [English United States Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Aug. 8, 2004)

bolo v. A second soldier also blew it (or, in Army parlance, “Boloed it”. As in Bolo. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 19, 2004)

book bias n. The case against former El Paso natural gas trader Todd Geiger, who pleaded guilty last year, includes e-mails in which his colleagues discuss whether to report only real trades or include “book bias”—trader parlance for bogus internal deals that made volumes look bigger than they were. [English United States Business Crime & Prisons Money & Finance] [full cite] (Dec. 3, 2004)

boomerang baby n. The United Kingdom calls them kippers, short for “Kids in Parents’ Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.” The United States refers to them as “boomerang babies.” And this year, 64 percent of 2004’s college graduates in the United States join the ranks of adult children returning to live at home [English United States Money & Finance] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2004)

boot drop n. In Marine parlance, Nice was a “boot drop”—someone who had just joined the unit from basic training. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2004)

BOPSA n. In media terms, however, this isn’t the most riveting television. In fact, they have a name for it. It’s called “BOPSA” (Bunch Of People Sitting Around). In this case, sitting around and voting for our next president. [English United States Politics Acronym] [full cite] (Jan. 10, 2008)

breastaurant n. Trial began last week in a lawsuit filed by Hooters of America against a rival “breastaurant” operator named WingHouse, which also relies on curvy waitresses to sell sports-bar food and drink to a clientele of young men. [English United States Food & Drink] [full cite] (Nov. 24, 2004)

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