buy down
To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
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buy in
To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
buy nice or buy twice
Synonym of buy cheap, buy twice.
buy off
To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
buy off on
To consent to.
buy out from under
To purchase (something) that (somebody else) intends to buy.
buy over
To gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
buy the dip
To purchase a financial asset after its market value drops.
buy the rabbit
To get the worst of a bargain.
buy the rumor, sell the fact
One should purchase an asset based on positive speculation before an expected positive event, and then sell it once the event occurs for a profit, as the price often falls after the news breaks, because the anticipation has already elevated the asset price.
buy the rumor, sell the news
One should purchase assets based on unconfirmed speculation or anticipation of positive developments, then sell upon official confirmation.
buy the same horse twice
(in a negotiation) To trade or make concessions for something that has already been agreed upon.
buy wolf tickets
To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
buying temperature
A woman's level of attraction and responsiveness to a potential suitor.
buzz about
To run around or scurry around.
buzz in
To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
buzz up
To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.
buzzard
In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
buzzard bait
Dead meat; a corpse.
buzzed
Slightly intoxicated.
buzzer
A police badge.
buzzie
A hand-held pneumatic drill used in mining.
buzzin' dozen
The Detroit Diesel 12V71, 12V92, or 12V149 engine.
buzzing
Very happy; full of joyful excitement.
buzzkiller
Synonym of buzzkill.
buzzsaw
Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
BW
Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.
BW2
Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
bwahaha
Alternative form of muahahaha.
bwana
Big boss, important person.
BWC
Initialism of big white cock.
by and large
On the whole.
by hook or by crook
By fair or foul means.
by the book
Strictly according to the rules.
by the seat of one's pants
To achieve through instinct or to do something without advance preparation.
by the skin of one's teeth
Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster.
by-blow
An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.
bye, Felicia
Used as an abrupt sarcastic dismissal of somebody who is present.
byler
The ship (romantic pairing) of characters William "Will" Byers and Michael "Mike" Wheeler from the television series Stranger Things.
bytesexual
Capable of operating in either big-endian or little-endian mode.
'bacco
tobacco
b flats
Bugs.—Compare F SHARPS.
B Flats
Bugs; which obnoxious insects are characterized by their flatness. B. of B. K. Some mysterious initials applied to himself in his diary by Arthur Orton, "the Tichborne Claimant." Supposed to denote "Baronet of British Kingdom.'* For some time it was a phrase applied popularly to any- one who put on airs.
b-ball
basketball
b-flat
A bedbug.
b-girl
A bargirl.
b. k. s
Military officers in mufti, when out on a spree, and not wishing their profession to be known, speak of their barracks as the B. K. S.
b.n.c
For Brasenose, initials of Brazen Nose College. In spite of the nose over the gate the probability is the real name was Brasinium. It is still famous for its beer.—University.
babble
Confused, unintelligible talk, such as was used at the building the tower of Babel.
babe in arms
A very young or innocent person
babe in the woods
A naive or inexperienced person
babe magnet
A person who attracts many romantic or sexual partners
babes
The lowest order of KNOCK-OUTS (which see), who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration of their receiving a small sum (from one shilling to half-a-crown), and a certain quantity of beer. They can, however, even after this agreement, be secured on the other side for a little longer price. There is no honour among thieves—at all events not among auction thieves—nowadays.
babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
Babes in the Wood
See CHILDREN. The phrase has been humorously applied to (1) simple trustful folks, never suspicious, and easily gulled; (2) insurrectionary hordes that infested the mountains of Wicklow and the woods of Enniscorthy towards the close of the 18th century; and (3) men in the stocks or in the pillory.
babies in the eyes
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Babies in the Eyes
Love in the expression of the eyes. Love is the little babe Cupid, and hence the conceit, originating from the miniature image of oneself in the pupil of another's eyes.
baby and bathwater
to reject something entirely, including its good parts
baby elephant in the room
a smaller, related issue that needs attention
baby gravy
Semen.
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