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Beeb

(informal) A BBC Micro (British home computer).

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(informal) A BBC Micro (British home computer).

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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, informal) The BBC.

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  • “Just seen Fartrge on Beeb news Urging voters to ‘Get Starmer out ‘ It’s local elections you idiot!”

  • “I'd love to an film adaptation of that one. Is it true the Beeb missed it out because the location fimimg would have been too expensive?”

  • “... keeps his job at the beeb...”

Origin: ; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Just seen Fartrge on Beeb news Urging voters to ‘Get Starmer out ‘ It’s local elections you idiot!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'd love to an film adaptation of that one. Is it true the Beeb missed it out because the location fimimg would have been too expensive?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “... keeps his job at the beeb...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “40 YEARS AGO TODAY: a new Radio 1 breakfast show begins. If only the Beeb had provided some advance hint of who the host was.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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