Here is a list of the most widely used bingo phrases (bingo lingo) used in British bingo halls. At the end is our attempt to explain some of the supposed meanings.
Blackout or Coverall or Full House: A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.
Caller: The person who calls out the bingo numbers for the player.
Card: Your bingo playing card.
Chat room: When playing online, an area where you can communicate with other bingo players.
Dauber: The marker that you use on your bingo card to mark off the numbers as they are called.
Early bird game: A bingo game that starts before another regularly scheduled game.
Free space: The middle square of your bingo card. It's free every game and will count towards your winning pattern.
Game Board: The display board over your cards that shows you the balls in play.
Jackpot: What you're playing for!! A big prize usually awarded for achieving a set pattern (usually a full house) within a specified number of balls.
Pattern: Game are often divided up into "patterns" - for example play for the four corners, the middle line, and a full house would represent three patterns. More complex patterns are offered by a number of online sites.

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More Terms:
- Kelly's eye / At the beginning / Nelson's column
- One little duck / Me and you
- You and me / Cup of tea / One Little Flea
- Knock at the door / B4 (and after)
- Man alive
- Tom's tricks / Tom Nix / Chopsticks
- Lucky seven / God's in heaven
- One Fat Lady / Golden gate
- Doctor's orders
- Tony's Den
- Legs eleven
- One dozen, One and two - a dozen, Monkey's cousin (rhymes with "a dozen")
- Unlucky for some, Devil's number, Bakers dozen
- Valentines day
- Rugby team, Young and keen
- Sweet sixteen / She's lovely / Never been kissed
- Often been kissed / The age to catch 'em / Dancing Queen
- Key of the door / Coming of age
- Goodbye teens
- Getting plenty / Blind 20
- Key of the door
- Two little ducks / All the twos
- Thee and me / The Lord is my Shepherd
- Two dozen
- Halfway house / Halfway there
- Up to tricks
- Four and seven
- Four dozen
- PC (Police Constable) / Copper / Nick nick
- Bulls eye / Blind 50 / Half a century
- Tweak of the thumb
- Weeks in a year / Danny La Rue
- Stuck in the tree
- Clean the floor
- Snakes alive / All the fives
- Was she worth it?
- Heinz varieties
- Make them wait / Choo choo Thomas
- Brighton line
- Three score / Blind 60 / Five dozen
- Between the sticks
- Fat lady with a crutch / Torquay in Devon
- Two fat ladies / All the eights / Wobbly wobbly
- Nearly there / All but one
- Top of the shop / Top of the house / Blind 90 / End of the line
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- Duck and dive
- Bed and breakfast / Half a crown / Pick and mix
- Little duck with a crutch / Gateway to heaven
- In a state / Over weight
- You're doing fine
- Burlington Bertie / Dirty Gertie / Speed limit / Flirty thirty / Blind 30
- Get up and run
- Buckle my Shoe
- Dirty knees / All the threes / All the feathers / Two little fleas / Sherwood Forest
- Ask for more
- Jump and jive
- Three dozen
- A flea in heaven
- Christmas cake
- Those famous steps
- Naughty Forty
- Time for fun
- That famous street in Manhattan / Whinny the Pooh
- Down on your knees
- Droopy drawers / All the fours
- Tickety boo / Turn on the screw
- Tickle me
- Red raw / The Beatles number
- Old age pension
- Clickety click / All the sixes
- Made in heaven / Argumentative number
- Saving grace
- The same both ways / your place or mine / Either way up / Meal for two
- Three score and ten / Blind 70
- Bang on the drum
- A crutch and a duck / Six dozen / Par for the course
- Crutch and a flea / Queen B
- Candy store
- Strive and strive
- Trombones
- Sunset strip / All the sevens / Two little crutches
- Heavens gate
- One more time
- Gandhi's breakfast / Blind 80 / Eight and blank
- Fat lady and a little wee / Stop and run
- Fat lady with a duck / Straight on through
- Fat lady with a flea / Time for tea / Ethel's Ear
- Seven dozen
- Staying alive
- Bakers bun
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