"B" Slang

backwards k

General

A scorekeeping mark for a strikeout in which the batter is called out looking rather than swinging, denoted by a reversed 'K.'

backwoods

Street

A brand of natural-leaf cigars whose wraps are prized for rolling premium blunts.

bacon egg and cheese

General

A breakfast sandwich of bacon, fried egg, and melted cheese on a roll — often ordered as 'a bacon egg and cheese on a roll, salt pepper ketchup.'

bad

Music

In Patois 'bad' frequently means the opposite — excellent, tough or impressive.

bad belle

Street

Describes jealousy or spiteful envy toward someone else's success or good fortune.

bad pancake

Internet

The initial rebound date after a relationship ends, expected to be imperfect and temporary, like the first pancake that never turns out right. It's just to get back in the swing.

badder

Street

A cannabis concentrate whipped to a soft, cake-batter consistency, similar to budder but looser; easy to scoop and dab.

baddie

Pop

An attractive, confident woman with a polished aesthetic — full glam, good outfits, the whole vibe.

badge

Internet

The plastic or laminated credential that serves as your ticket into a convention, typically displayed around the neck on a lanyard.

badjohn

General

An aggressive troublemaker or gangster who intimidates others. Also spelt bad-john.

badman

General

A tough, dangerous or feared man; a gangster. In dancehall it can be a boast of one's own toughness.

badmind

General

Describes someone consumed by jealousy who resents others' success and wishes them ill; a hugely common theme in dancehall.

bae

Internet

An affectionate term for a romantic partner, often said to mean "before anyone else." Also literally the Danish word for "poop."

bag

Gaming

By extension in slang, money or a payday (a separate but related 'bag').

bag alert

Internet

Used online to flag a deal, side hustle, or chance to earn.

bag chaser

Street

Can imply prioritizing money over relationships or fun.

bag drag

General

An inspection in which every item is dragged out of a service member's bags to check for unauthorized or prohibited equipment, typically before a shift or after returning from deployment.

bag holder

Internet

An investor stuck holding an asset that has crashed in value while others sold in time.

bag of fruit

Street

Cockney rhyming slang for 'suit' (a suit of clothes).

bag of sand

Street

Cockney rhyming slang meaning a grand, i.e. one thousand pounds.

bag talk

Street

Serious talk about money, business, and how to make more of it.

bag up

Street

To make a lot of money or come into a big payout.

bag your face

Pop

Used to shut someone down or tell them to go away.

bag-o-wire

General

A person who betrays a friend or confidence; a treacherous individual.

bagel girl

Pop

A Konglish blend used in entertainment media to compliment that specific combination.

bagged

Street

Arrested. The cops scoop you up like groceries — 'bagged.' Drill and trap shorthand for getting picked up, usually mid-hustle.

bagged and tagged

General

Describes a dead body placed in a body bag with an identification tag attached, ready for the morgue.

bagging

General

Hospital shorthand for manually ventilating a patient by squeezing a bag-valve-mask (Ambu bag) over their face or ET tube. Done when someone's not breathing for themselves and you need to push oxygen in until a vent's hooked up or they come back. Rhythmic, two-handed, life-or-death.

bagholder

Internet

An investor left holding an asset that has plummeted, having failed to sell in time. They are 'holding the bag' of now-worthless or heavily depreciated tokens.

bagholding

Internet

Bagholding is the act of hanging onto an asset whose price has crashed, often refusing to sell at a loss in hope of a recovery. The holder is a bagholder, left holding the bag.

bagman

Street

A bagman collects and transports money for a racket, such as extortion payments, bribes, or gambling proceeds.

bags

Internet

Your holdings of a particular token, coin, or NFT. 'Heavy bags' means you hold a lot. A 'bag holder' is someone stuck with a token that's tanked — left holding the bag while smarter money exited. 'Fat bags' is the opposite, a position that's printed. The word does most of the emotional lifting in any crypto conversation about who owns what.

bagsy

General

To lay first claim to something ('bagsy the front seat'). Common British playground slang, strong in the North/Midlands.

bahookie

General

A Scots word for one's bottom, often used humorously.

bail

General

To pull out of plans or leave a place ('bail on' someone, 'bail out').

bail-out

General

A last-resort emergency exit from an upper floor of a burning building — out a window onto a ladder, down a personal escape rope and hook, or in the worst case a head-first dive to a waiting ladder. Drilled relentlessly after the Black Sunday fire in the Bronx (2005), where six FDNY members had to jump from a fourth-floor apartment and two died. Most modern departments now issue every member a personal bail-out kit.

bailoteo

General

Dancing or a session of dancing; casual boogie.

bait

British Mle

Obvious or easily noticed. If something is "bait", it's not subtle and everyone can tell.

baited

Gaming

Lured into a trap or bad decision by an enemy's deliberate misdirection.

baiting

Gaming

Hanging back and letting a teammate take a fight alone so you can clean up after, or just to save your own skin. Sometimes it's smart tactics, often it's just throwing your mate under the bus.

baka

Internet

Used as a self-roast when you mess something up.

baka gaijin

Internet

A tongue-in-cheek or pejorative label for a clueless foreigner, sometimes used self-deprecatingly by Western fans and sometimes as a stereotype within anime.

bake

General

A dense unleavened bread that is fried ('float') or baked; 'bake and shark' is a famous Maracas Beach snack.

baked

Street

Being notably intoxicated from cannabis.

bald head

General

A person without dreadlocks; in Rasta usage, often someone aligned with 'Babylon' rather than the faith.

ball group

Gaming

A tightly coordinated group that moves as a single clump, stacking buffs, heals and synergies so densely they can melt groups far bigger than themselves.

ball hog

General

A player who monopolizes the ball and rarely passes, hurting team play.

ball in your court

General

Responsibility for the next move rests with the person addressed.