bluewash »
To tout a business or organization's commitment to social responsibility, and to use this perception for public relations and economic gain; to present a humanitarian front in this manner.
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bluewash »
To use a blue paint or glaze.
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bog standard »
Especially plain, ordinary, or unremarkable; having no special, excess or unusual features; plain vanilla.
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bogged down »
Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower.
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boot camp »
A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
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boot camp »
Any short, intensive course of training.
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boot camp »
Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.
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born yesterday »
New, naive, innocent, inexperienced or easily deceived.
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bottle out »
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.
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boys will be boys »
It is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13But just then there was a slight altercation between Master Tommy and Master Jacky. Boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule.Even grown men usually remain somewhat boyish in heart"Boys will be boys", grinned grandpa while he joined his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he gave his grandson for Christmas while the kid was in school.
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brace of shakes »
The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
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bragging rights »
The prerogative to praise oneself for an accomplishment or for possession of a superior characteristic.
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brain fart »
A lapse in the thought process; an inability to think or remember something clearly.
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brain fart »
Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
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brain surgeon »
Someone very intelligent.
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