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[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 14: Bevvied up means drunk.
at bevvied (up) (adj.) under bevvy, v.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 15: The staff of The Times Literary Supplement would be most unlikely [...] to refer to a new ‘biog’ of the Pope or Earl Mountbatten.
at biog, n.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 17: Blam. To race [...] It can refer to either people or machines, but it always involves a lot of noise.
at blam, v.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 20: Blue meanies. The police.
at blue meanie (n.) under blue, adj.1
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 20: Bod. A person of either sex.
at bod, n.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 24: Bootboy. A member of an aggressive, usually skinhead street gang.
at boot boy (n.) under boot, n.2
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 24: Bootleg. An illegal or pirated recording.
at bootleg, n.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 26: Box. [...] With the meaning of ‘head,’ however – another purely British usage – the market for the word is much more restricted.
at box, n.3
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 27: Breadhead. A person who pretends to have adopted an Alternative Lifestyle, but who in fact devotes much of his energy to the mainline pursuit of making money.
at breadhead (n.) under bread, n.1
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 29: Brought down. Depressed.
at brought down, adj.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 29: Brown tongue. An act of sycophancy, associated no doubt with the older-established ‘arse-licking’.
at brown tongue (it), v.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 29: Brown wings. A decoration awarded to Hell’s Angels on the occasion of their first homosexual intercourse.
at brown wings (n.) under brown, adj.2
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 30: Bubblegum. Exceptionally banal teenage pop music.
at bubble gum, n.1
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 32: Burn up. A stretch of very fast driving or riding.
at burn(-up), n.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 32: Bust. [...] To fight.
at bust, v.1
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 33: Buzz. [...] To become excited.
at buzz, v.1
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 36: Charge. [...] Marijuana.
at charge, n.2
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of Teenage Revolution 39: Chick-pic. A photograph of a girl, a pin-up.
at chick, adj.
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 39: From the 1920s to the 1950s the expression was ‘to give or get the chuck’.
at get the chuck (v.) under chuck, n.2
[UK] K. Hudson Dict. of the Teenage Revolution 45: There has been a significant obstacle to the introduction of the term into Australia, since in that culture ‘combo’ already meant ‘a white man living with an aboriginal woman’.
at combo, n.1
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