Most bingo phrases used in British bingo halls and in some online games are self explanatory but where not, we’ll try to offer an explanation, at least as far as we are able! The following is a list of the most commonly used bingo sayings followed by a section devoted to a short description of the supposed meaning behind some of the more obscure pieces of bingo lingo!

1   Kelly’s eye / At the beginning / Nelson’s column
2   One little duck / Me and you
3   You and me / Cup of tea / One Little Flea
4   Knock at the door / B4 (and after)
5   Man alive
6   Tom’s tricks / Tom Nix / Chopsticks
7   Lucky seven / God’s in heaven
8   One Fat Lady / Golden gate
9   Doctor’s orders
10   Tony’s Den
11   Legs eleven
12   One dozen / One and two
13   Unlucky for some, Devil’s number, Bakers dozen
14   Valentines day
15   Rugby team, Young and keen
16   Sweet sixteen / She’s lovely / Never been kissed
17   Often been kissed / The age to catch ‘em / Dancing Queen
18   Key of the door / Coming of age
19   Goodbye teens
20   Getting plenty / Blind 20
21   Key of the door
22   Two little ducks / All the twos
23   Thee and me / The Lord is my Shepherd
24   Two dozen
25   Duck and dive
26   Bed and breakfast / Half a crown / Pick and mix
27   Little duck with a crutch / Gateway to heaven
28   In a state / Over weight
29   You’re doing fine
30   Burlington Bertie / Dirty Gertie / Blind 30
31   Get up and run
32   Buckle my Shoe
33   Dirty knees / All the threes / Two little fleas
34   Ask for more
35   Jump and jive
36   Three dozen
37   A flea in heaven
38   Christmas cake
39   Those famous steps
40   Naughty Forty
41   Time for fun
42   That famous street in Manhattan / Whinny the Pooh
43   Down on your knees
44   Droopy drawers / All the fours
45   Halfway house / Halfway there
46   Up to tricks
47   Four and seven
48   Four dozen
49   PC (Police Constable) / Copper / Nick nick
50   Bulls eye / Blind 50 / Half a century
51   Tweak of the thumb
52   Weeks in a year / Danny La Rue
53   Stuck in the tree
54   Clean the floor
55   Snakes alive / All the fives
56   Was she worth it?
57   Heinz varieties
58   Make them wait / Choo choo Thomas
59   Brighton line
60   Three score / Blind 60 / Five dozen
61   Bakers bun
62   Tickety boo / Turn on the screw
63   Tickle me
64   Red raw / The Beatles number
65   Old age pension
66   Clickety click / All the sixes
67   Made in heaven / Argumentative number
68   Saving grace
69   The same both ways / your place or mine / Either way up
70   Three score and ten / Blind 70
71   Bang on the drum
72   A crutch and a duck / Six dozen / Par for the course
73   Crutch and a flea / Queen B
74   Candy store
75   Strive and strive
76   Trombones
77   Sunset strip / All the sevens / Two little crutches
78   Heavens gate
79   One more time
80   Gandhi’s breakfast / Blind 80 / Eight and blank
81   Fat lady and a little wee / 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
86   Between the sticks
87   Fat lady with a crutch / Torquay in Devon
88   Two fat ladies / All the eights / Wobbly wobbly
89   Nearly there / All but one
90   Top of the shop / Top of the house / Blind 90 / End of the line

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Many of the terms used in bingo are simply based upon rhyming slang, similar to the kind used by Cockney’s in the East End of London England. For example, “Heaven’s Gate” is 78, simple as that. You can make up your own if you like and there are many variations used around different bingo halls.