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From: Jimmie Aranda
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 00:00
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I think BB refers to the shot used in a BB gun. It is very small and thus refers to a very small brain. In article <345EBAE5.56FC@calvanet.calvacom.fr>, mcft10@calvanet.calvacom.fr says... > >John Davies wrote: > >> BB brain: according to Partridge's dictionary of slang and colloquial >> English, "BB" (from "British Blue") used to mean a bluejacket, ie a >> sailor of the Royal Navy. He dates it to early 20th century, but it was >> not in use in the RN in the 1950s. The only other meaning of BB that I >> know of is Ball Bearing, but Partridge gives other slang meaning > >In France, BB means Brigitte Bardot ;-) > > >----------------------------------------------------------- >Maurice CLERC >http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/mcft10/ >"La fin est dans les moyens" >"The aim is in the means" >------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ed3b,a9441d6a2f40b6e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ed3b,public X-Google-Thread: 10b097,a9441d6a2f40b6e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b097,public X-Google-Thread: 107fc6,a9441d6a2f40b6e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid107fc6,public X-Google-Thread: 102ffd,a9441d6a2f40b6e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid102ffd,public From: jaranda@dave-world.net (Jimmie Aranda) Subject: Re: Admiralty ham,... Date: 1997/11/15 Message-ID: <346e0d70.0@nt.dave-world.net> X-Deja-AN: 289777256 References: <1997Oct28.153004@dion.belpak.mogilev.by> <T+lQ7RATfoV0Ewgr@redwoods.demon.co.uk> <345EBAE5.56FC@calvanet.calvacom.fr> Newsgroups: sci.lang.translation,alt.usage.english,bit.listserv.words-l,misc.education.language.english