black and tan
A bar, nightclub etc. which had both black and white customers, especially one that featured black entertainers.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
black as a dog's guts
Utterly black; pitch-black.
black as coal
Completely black.
black as ink
Completely black; pitch-black.
black as my hat
Synonym of black as your hat
black as night
Utterly black; pitch-black.
black as tar
Completely black.
black as the ace of spades
Utterly black; pitch-black.
black as thunder
Very black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).
black as your hat
Thoroughly black in color.
black beauty
Synonym of black bomber (“kind of amphetamine capsule”).
black bitch
The trick-taking card game hearts.
black bomber
A form of amphetamine (Durophet capsules).
black cat
To do better than another in some respect; to one up.
black cat energy
Chiefly of women, a self-confident and independent energy.
black cow
A root beer float.
black don't crack
People of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with lighter skin.
black dragon
A hyper-melanistic (all black) Asian water monitor.
black fever
Synonym of jungle fever.
black in
To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
black light
Ultraviolet radiation or light.
Black Maria
A police van for transporting prisoners.
black people's time
Synonym of African time or Colored People's Time.
black pill
An opium pill.
black stuff
The drink Guinness.
black up
To become or make (something) black or darker.
black where it counts
Having a large penis.
black-collar
Relating to creative work.
blackbird
A native of the South Pacific islands.
blackbonnet
The ship of characters Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and Stede Bonnet from the television series Our Flag Means Death.
blackdar
The ability to detect whether or not a person is of African ancestry by observing that person.
blacked
(of a non-black person) Having engaged in sexual intercourse with a black male.
blackfishing
The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
blackity-black
Typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black
blackjack
A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1.
blackouts
Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
blacksnake
A penis, especially a black penis.
blacksplain
Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.
blackster
A fan of black metal music.
blackstrap
Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
blacktopia
A black utopia.
blacktress
An African American woman who is a pioneer of the film industry.
blackwash
A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
blafrican
A black African.
blam
When a user-submitted movie/game gets unpublished (removed from the Portal), due to having a rating below 2 stars.
blammer
gun, firearm
blammy
gun, firearm
blanch up
To blanch (become pale).
blandoid
A bland, uninteresting person.
blank
To ignore (a person) deliberately.
blank on
To be temporarily unable to remember (a particular fact).
blanketing
A maneuver in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
blast
To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
blast away
To destroy by blasting with explosives.
blast up
To shoot (someone), especially to kill.
blaster
A sand wedge.
blasting
Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
blastissimo
Played extremely loudly; fortississimo.
blastworthy
Indicative of an exceptionally good time; enjoyable.
blat
A newspaper.