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British & Irish slang
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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board schoolboat racebob-a-jobBob's your unclebobowlerboffinrybog brushbog paperbog rollboggleboBOGOF
ˈbɒɡ.ɒf
BOGOFFboiled sweetBoJobollockˈbɒ.lək
bollock nakedbollockedbollockingbollocks to itbolshinessBombay mixbona vacantiabonkbusterbonkersnessbonxieˈbɒŋk.si
book tokenbookableboolingboomshankaboozerˈbuː.zə(ɹ)
bord serviceBoris bikeˈbɒɹɪs ˈbaɪk
Boris busborn sleepingborstal trainingbossbɒs
bosserbostbostin'ˈbɒs.tɪn
Botany Bay feverbottom of the tableboukbaʊk
bound bailiffbounderBourbon biscuitbousing kenbovine leukaemiabovverˈbɒvə
bovver bootsbovver boybovveredbowbearerbowkboʊk
bowl a googlyBox and Coxbox junctionboy racerBoy's Ownbraffinˈbɹæfɪn
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