Beeb

//biːb// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A BBC Micro (British home computer). informal

    "The BBC Micro (alias the Beeb) is still quite a deluxe machine, with better high-resolution color graphics than any of its competitors."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The BBC. UK, informal

Synonyms

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Example

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"The BBC Micro (alias the Beeb) is still quite a deluxe machine, with better high-resolution color graphics than any of its competitors."

Etymology

Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s.

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