(slang) Tobacco.
"baccy" means: Tobacco.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"baccy" means: Tobacco.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"baccy" means: Tobacco.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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(slang) tobacco.
An informal, slightly old-fashioned British and Antipodean clipping of tobacco, typically referring to loose-leaf rolling tobacco rather than manufactured cigarettes. Common among people who roll their own. Carries a working-class or bohemian connotation depending on context. More regional than universal now, but still heard in casual conversation and seen in British fiction. The term is most commonly heard among older smokers in rural or working-class contexts, though it remains recognizable to a broad British audience.
A contracted informal form of 'tobacco', used in British and Irish dialect speech. Typically used by people referring to loose tobacco for hand-rolling cigarettes, and carries a distinctly working-class or rural flavour. The elision is natural in fast speech and has appeared in British literature and regional dialogue since the 19th century. Occasionally spelled 'baccy' or 'bacci'. Today it reads as old-fashioned but is still heard in older generations and in period dramas.
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(UK, Irish, slang) A cigarette.