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Bingo in all its forms is such a simple game; even if the bingo lingo can be a bit bewildering.

But don’t you worry about it; we’ll have you mixing it up like a veteran caller in next to no time. You’ll be dabbing away at your cock and hen (10) before you know it. You’ll be pulling your hair out waiting for a monkey’s cousin (12) and getting apoplectic over Ethel’s ear (83)! And JTLYK (just to let you know) if you’re into online bingo, then this is the stuff you need to impress your bingo buddies in the chat rooms. Of course online bingo has its own branch of bingo lingo abbreviations which we’ll slip in whenever we can! HHIS (hanging head in shame!)

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From Kelly’s eye (1) to the top of the shop (90), bingo numbers are a little sub language in their own right; part rhyming slang, part in-joke; part pop culture reference. (You don’t need to check out the glossies to see who’s in, who’s out and who is most definitely shaking it all about; all the celebs get immortalised in a bingo ball sooner or later!)

On first inspection, Dirty Gertie and Ghandi might make for strange bedfellows – but they're bingo buddies nonetheless. Coming in at thirty and eighty respectively, Gertie’s rhyming slang is easy enough to get a handle on, but you might have to use a little lateral thinking to imagine Ghandi’s breakfast (80)! Just picture him bending over his breakfast bowl - we think it’s got something to do with the lotus position!

Rhyming slang is a big part of the bingo lingo. Snakes alive (55) and clickety click (66) give you an idea of the basic bingo rhymes, but your bingo caller will do his or her best to impress you with some innovations of their own. How about Tony’s Den (for number 10.) Getting plenty for number twenty! (You should be so lucky!) You’ll even get multiple variations on the basic theme, so seemingly insignificant little number 3 can be variously I’m free; Debbie McGee, or even one little flea!

Bingo lingo is more than the sum of its parts. Aside from the rhyme, you get the … er, more poetic descriptive calls; the likes of legs eleven (11) one fat lady (8) and Kelly’s eye (1) – after a one eyed Australian gangster, in case you were wondering! And if Kelly’s Eye has already been called by the time the number eleven is drawn, the caller can keep the theme going by giving him some legs. Kelly’s legs are always more popular with the girls! You might really have to use your imagination with Sherwood forest (33) droopy drawers (44) or good old Ethel’s Ear (83). Think generic fat lady sitting next to an ear shaped number three for this one!

You’ll soon pick it up, IFYKWIM (if you know what I mean.) Just as well, because if you ever get down to the bingo hall, you’ll be expected to join in on the responses. (It’s a bit like church – sort of!) Okay: two little ducks? (Insert “quack, quack” here!) Legs eleven – you’re on your own with this one! The beatles’ number? (Get ready to sing!)

Whether it’s a royal salute (21) or the sunset strip (77) bingo’s got an answer for every sum in the seven times table – and a few more besides! Bingo isn’t like other games. You don’t just play bingo; you live it; you love it. You look forward to it. It’s a night in, or a night out with friends; it’s an experience. The bingo lingo only adds to that. It’s part panto, part sing-a-long. A little bit of smut, a few double entendres and a lot of laughs - LMAO (laughing my ass off!)

So don’t get your drawers in a droop, there’s nothing to it. Trust us, you’ll be Calvin Klein (fine!) L8R G8R (later gator!)