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~ Thursday, June 26, 2003
INITIALS BB 28 'BB' stereotpyes: 1 bovver boy - a thuggish young male, especially wearing skinhead fashion including bovver boots. UK early 1970s 2 brown breader - someone given over, superficially at least, to 'healthy eating'. By extension, any hippie or liberal 3 beach bum - someone who lives the surfing or sand hobo lifestyle 4 Busby babe - one of the Manchester United soccer team of the late 1950s, managed by Matt Busby, many of whom were killed in a tragic air crash in West Germany 5 brain box - nickname for a child of high intelligence 6 big brother - an imposing head of state or any organisation; from Orwell's 1984 7 Baron Bung - an old expression for the host of a drinking party 8 bunny boiler - a woman who becomes obsessive and behaves irrationally or violently during a relationship, especially an adulterous one; from the sleazy thriller Fatal Attraction 9 bathing belle - a contestant in a seaside beauty competition, particularly circa 1930s 10 bridled bear - a young nobleman who was chaperoned by a tutor 11 buttered bun - a sexual partner who has recently had intercourse with someone else 12 blonde bombshell - a glamorous blonde haired woman especially a model or movie-star of yesteryear; now used mostly ironically for any gender 13 Bungalow Bill - a man who has 'little up top'; a rugged but unintelligent companion of a glamorous woman (from one of Liz Taylor's lovers who was so nicknamed) 14 barrow boy - one who sells goods, especially fruit and veg, from a stall in a market; any loud, loquacious or uncouth man 15 bible basher - a fundamentalist or evangelical Christian, especially one who is over-enthused with Biblical moralising 16 backroom boy - a scientist, theorist or technician who makes things happen 'backstage' or away from the politicians or generals 17 boot black - one who shines shoes for a living 18 blue bottle - an old name for a beadle or a police constable 19 back bencher - a member of the British parliament who is not part of the cabinet 20 bachelor boy - a young unmarried man; by extension, one who is such by reasons of homosexuality 21 Blair babe - one of the many younger female MPs brought into UK government by Tony Blair's late 90s New Labour 22 brown bagger - one who bring their own booze, or carries it out of the shop in a brown bag; one who drinks alcohol in public from a brown bag due to by-laws 23 best boy - the electrical assistant on a film set 24 Billy Bunter - any greedy person, foodwise; from a British schoolboy character of that name 25 Billy boy - an Irish or Scots Protestant, from their historical support for King William (Billy); a football supporter of Protestant teams such as Glasgow Rangers 26 blue bonnet - an old name for any Scotsman, from a regiment which wore them 27 ball breaker - a slang name for a tough, manipulative or man-hating woman 28 baby boomer - one who was born in the post-war baby boom; broadly, those who were young in the 60s and early 70s and who adhere to the social and cultural mores of that era Source: various, by RcL (bawdy bard) |