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1. Abyssinia, int. View full entry 1932
...‘I'll be seeing you!’ (said on parting)....
2. ag, int. View full entry 1936
...Expressing regret, sympathy, dismissiveness, reproach, etc....
3. ah so, int. View full entry 1927
...Used in representations or imitations of Japanese and (by misidentification) Chinese speech, esp. to express affirmation, acknowledgement, understanding, or realization: ‘Ah!’; ‘So!’; ‘I see!’...
4. aight, adj. and int. View full entry 1993
...= all right (in various senses)....
5. alakazam, int. View full entry 1902
...Used as an exclamation imparting supposed magical power, as when performing a trick. Hence in extended use, connoting any sudden transformation or happening. Cf. abracadabra...
6. alley-oop, int., adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1917
...‘Get up!’ ‘Go on!’ Used to encourage or draw attention to the performance of an acrobatic or other physical feat, esp. one involving a leap or lift upwards....
7. arf, int. View full entry 1916
...Representing the bark of a (small) dog, or a human imitation of such a bark. Usually repeated in arf arf, etc. Cf. bow-wow, woof1....
8. attaboy, int. View full entry 1909
...An exclamation expressive of encouragement or admiration....
9. bada-bing, int. View full entry 1965
...Suggesting something happening suddenly, emphatically, or easily and predictably; ‘Just like that!’, ‘Presto!’...
10. balls, int. View full entry 1938
...Expressing annoyance: ‘damn, blast’. Also expressing disbelief or dismissal: ‘nonsense, rubbish’. Cf. bollocks...
11. baloney | boloney, n. and int. View full entry 1928
...Humbug; nonsense....
12. bam, int. View full entry 1922
...An interjection imitating the sound of a hard blow....
13. bejesus, int. View full entry 1908
...An alteration of the oath by Jesus. Also as in phr. to beat the bejesus out of, to give a good hiding to....
14. big-up, n. and int. View full entry 1964
...S. Asian and Caribbeancolloq. A person of high social status or great wealth....
15. big whoop, int. and n. View full entry 1984
...Expressing dismissiveness: ‘So what?’ ‘Who cares?’...
16. bing, n.3 and int. View full entry 1922
...A thump or blow. dial. (See E.D.D.)....
17. bingo, int. View full entry 1927
...= bing2b; spec. an exclamation made by someone winning a game of bingo (see bingo). Also in the colloq. intensive phr. like bingo...
18. bloodclaat, n., adj., and int. View full entry 1956
...A sanitary towel....
19. boing, int. View full entry 1952
...The noise made when a compressed spring is suddenly released; a reverberating sound....
20. boink, n. and int. View full entry 1963
...A bump; a blow. Also: a brief resonant sound, such as might accompany this....
