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blackcent n. I like ur “blaCkcent’…*sniCker*. [English Derogatory] [full cite] (Mar. 9, 2005)

blackcent n. To some, he’s the anti-Vanilla Ice, white with a blackcent. [English Derogatory] [full cite] (Mar. 9, 2005)

blackeye n. I’m not sure what it’s called in the true Italian coffee parlance, but I know it as a blackeye. It’s a large coffee with two shots of espresso. [ Language English Subject Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2005)

blacking out n. We haven’t been attacking the fire from the front, but controlling it from the flanks to stop it spreading.…The process was called “blacking out” which involved mopping up where the fire had burned already, dousing left-over flames and putting out smouldering embers. [English Firefighting Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 25, 2007)

blacklining n. These operations include a procedure called blacklining, in which fire management staff burn vegetation stubble that remains after an area is cut. [English Firefighting Jargon] [full cite] (Nov. 20, 2007)

blactino n. Her performance is the catalyst for one of the many show-stopping scenes in Domino when she waxes poetic about mixed race vernacular such as “blactino” and “chinegro” on the “Jerry Springer Show.” [ Language English] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2005)

bladder leash n. It is hoped that the initiative will end “bladder leash”—which leaves people tethered by how far they can travel, and for how long, because of the lack of toilets. [English Body] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2008)

blade v. That would soon bring extensive “blading”—clearing for development—to this spot outside Tucson populated by baby saguaros, lurching barrels and spiny clumps of hedgehogs. [English] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2006)

blade bank n. Here is a model village that is free from the ravenous moneylenders who extend loans to hapless farmers on exorbitant interest rates. Better known as “Blade Banks” in local parlance, these private banks bleed the villagers with abnormal interest loans and difficult terms, which drive many helpless victims into suicide. [English India Money & Finance] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2008)

bladed stance n. I’m not a cop, but a bladed stance is where, rather than being directly lined up and with both feet the same distance from who you’re facing, your body is angled with one foot further away than the other. One reason some people in higher-risk situations do that is to be in a more stable stance to keep from being knocked on their ass if the person they’re addressing decides to attack them. [English Police Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 17, 2007)

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