Have you ever watched a Bingo game and wonder what those rhymes the caller is shouting out mean? If the answer is yes, it means two things.
A) You’re a complete newbie. B) You’re at the right place because we’re going to teach you the meaning of all the 90 slangs.
Before we start, let’s define the purpose of these slangs. The purpose of a Bingo slang is to clarify which number is being drawn. Simply saying the numbers would make things simple, but saying Goodbye Teens sounds much more fun than 19.
Since the games are supposed to be fun, Bingo slangs makes perfect sense. Now you know the purpose of these slangs, let’s talk about which number each slang represents.
We’re going to write the term next to the number it represents.
Kelly’s Eye
One Little Duck
Cup of Tea
Knock at the Door
Man Alive
Tom Mix
Lucky Seven
Garden Gate
Doctor’s Orders
Blind 10
Legs 11
One Dozen
Unlucky for some
Valentine’s Day
Young and Keen
Sweet 16
Old Ireland
Coming of Age
Goodbye Teens
Two Little Ducks
Royal Salute
Two Little Ducks
Thee and Me
Two Dozen
Duck and Dive
Pick and Mix
Gateway to Heaven
Overweight
Rise and Shine
Dirty Gertie
Get Up and Run
Buckle My Shoe
All the Trees
Ask for More
Jump and Jive
Three Dozen
More than 11
Christmas Cake
Steps
Naughty 40
Time for Fun
Winnie the Pooh
Down on your knees
Droopy Drawers
Halfway There
Up to Tricks
Four and Seven
Four Dozen
PC
Half a Century
Tweak of the Thumb
Weeks of the Year
Stuck in the Tree
Clean the Floor
Snakes Alive
Was She Worth It?
Heinz Varieties
Make Them Wait
Brighton Line
Five Dozen
Bakers Bun
Turn of the Screw
Tickle Me 63
Red Raw
Old Age Pension
Clickety Click
Made in Heaven
Pick a Mate
Either Way Up
Three Score and 10
Bang on the Drum
Six Dozen
Queen Bee
Candy Store
Strive and Strive
Trombones
All the Sevens
Heaven’s Gate
One More Time
Ate Nothing
Stop and Run
Straight on Through
Time for Tea
Seven dozen
Staying Alive
Between the Sticks
Torquay in Devon
Two Fat Ladies
Nearly There
Top of the Shop
As you can tell by reading this list, you will not memorize all the terms at once. Also, depending on where you’re playing you may see some terms you haven’t seen on this list. The key to instinctively knowing which number each term represents and not embarrassing yourself is to keep playing online Bingo.
The good news is you can always refer to this list and check what the term means until you’ve memorized all 90 terms on your fingertips.