Complete Mobile + Online Bingo Slang

Bingo just isn’t bingo without the slang! Bingo players have grew up on these funny and quirky phrases and they are still ever present in both online bingo and mobile bingo environments. mFortune bingo chat admin are very familiar with all bingo slang and use it every so often when talking to players.

The origin of exactly how bingo slang started is clouded in disagreement and controversy, but it is beginning is still relatively unknown. One popular suggestion is that bingo slang originated in London and is closely linked to cockney rhyming slang. On the other hand, there is popular belief that a bingo caller first started using slang to make the numbers more entertaining, with the infamous 88, 2 fat ladies being the very first slang used. It is rumoured that the response to this by the bingo playing crowd was so wild and involved every time the bingo caller called 88, that 1 by 1, each of the numbers gained a slang attachment, with local and national variations.

Here’s a guide to the most commonly used bingo slang

1. Kelly's eye, Little Jimmy, Nelson's column, Baby of bingo
2. One little duck, Baby's done it, Doctor who, Me and you, Little boy blue
3. Dearie me, I'm free, Debbie McGee, You and me, Goodness me, One little flea, Monkey on the tree
4. The one next door, On the floor, Knock at the door, B4 Crowd says "and after", Bobby Moore
5. Man alive, One little snake
6. Tom Mix, Tom's tricks, Chopsticks
7. Lucky seven, One little crutch, David Beckham
8. Garden gate, Golden gate, Harry Tate, One fat lady, Sexy Kate
9. Doctor's orders, most of 8, upside down 6
10. Downing street, Uncle Ben, Tony's Den, Dudley Den, Den and Ben , Bad boy den
11. Legs eleven, Legs , Kelly's legs, Chicken legs, Skinny legs
12. One dozen, One and two,, Monkey's cousin
13. Unlucky for some, Devil's number, Bakers dozen
14. Valentines day, one and four
15. Rugby team, Young and keen
16. Sweet sixteen, Never been kissed, or has she..?
17. Often been kissed, Old Ireland, Dancing queen, Posh and Becks
18. Key of the door, Now you can vote, Coming of age, get out the house.
19. Goodbye teens, one and a Nina
20. One score, Blind 20
21. Royal salute, Key of the door
22. Quack quack, Two little ducks, Ducks on a pond, Dinky doo, All the twos, Bishop Desmond
23. A duck and a Flea, Thee and me, The Lord's my Shepherd
24. Two dozen, Did you score?
25. Duck and dive, hen and hive, pen and skive
26. Bed and breakfast
27. Gateway to heaven
28. In a state, The old brags, Over weight
29. You’re doing fine, In your prime, Rise and shine
30. Burlington Bertie, Dirty Gertie, Speed limit , Flirty thirty, Your face is dirty
31. Get up and run, dirty one
32. Buckle my Shoe, In the zoo, boo and hoo
33. Dirty knees, All the threes, Two little fleas, Sherwood forest
34. Ask for more, give me more, oliver
35. Jump and jive, in the dive, nudge me 5
36. Three dozen, three 12’s, 30+6
37. A flea in heaven, More than eleven, 3 bakers dozen
38. Christmas cake, want a cake, wheres my cake
39. Those famous steps, All the steps, Jack Benny
40. Two score, Life begins at, Blind 40, Naughty 40, double top
41. Life’s begun, Time for fun, want some fun
42. Whinny the Poo
43. On your knees
44. Droopy drawers, All the fours, Open two doors
45. Halfway house, Halfway there, Cowboy's friend, half a cowboy
46. Up to tricks, up to no good, tricky trickster
47. Nearly 48
48. Four dozen
49. PC, Rise and shine, Ello, ello, ello.
50. Bulls eye, Bung hole, Blind 50, Half a century
51. Love my mom
52. Weeks, Deck of cards
53. Stuck in the tree, The jokers cards
54. Clean the floor, House of bamboo
55. Snakes alive, All the fives, Double nickels, Give us fives, Bunch of fives
56. Was she worth it? Probably not!
57. Heinz beans
58. Choo choo Thomas
59. Brighton line, time for Brighton
60. Three score, Blind 60, Five dozen
61. Bakers bun
62. Tickety boo, Turn on the screw
63. Tickle me, please
64. The Beatles number, Red raw, ow thats sore
65. Old age pension, Stop work, not anymore
66. Clickety click, All the sixes
67. Made in heaven, want a fight?
68. Saving grace
69. Your place or mine? Any way round, Meal for two, The French connection, Yum yum
70. Three score and ten, Blind 70
71. Bang on the drum, bing bang, bong
72. A crutch and a duck, Six dozen, Par for the course
73. Crutch with a flea, Queen B, Under the tree
74. Candy store
75. Strive and strive, Big Daddy, Granddaddy of Bingo
76. Trombones, Seven 'n' six - was she worth it?
77. Sunset strip, All the sevens, Two little crutches, The double hockey stick
78. Heavens gate, at the gate, here and waiting
79. One more time
80. Gandhi's breakfast, Blind 80
81. Stop and run
82. Fat lady with a duck, Straight on through
83. Fat lady with a flea, Time for tea, Ethel's Ear
84. Seven dozen
85. Staying alive, ooohhh, ooohhh, ooohhh.
86. Between the sticks
87. Torquay in Devon
88. Two fat ladies, Wobbly wobble
89. Nearly there, All but one
90. Top of the shop, Top of the house, Blind 90, As far as we go, End of the line

So, next time you play mFortune mobile bingo, you will be well equipped to use all the slang