90 ball bingo lingo - top of the shop!

:-c  lol I am calling Bingo!

Here's a list of 90 ball bingo lingo for your enjoyment.  References follow below the list, which is courtesy of wikipedia.

Number Nickname Explanation

1 Kelly's Eye Military slang;[3] possibly a reference to Ned Kelly

2 One little duck From the resemblance of the number 2 to a duck; see '22'

Me and you Romantic rhyme

3 Cup of tea

You and me Romantic rhyme

4 Knock at the door

5 Man alive

6 Tom Mix[2] After Tom Mix, a star of silent era Westerns

Half a dozen[4]

7 Lucky for some[4] 7 is considered a lucky number in some cultures

8 Garden gate[4]

9 Doctor's Orders[4][5] Number 9 was a laxative pill given out by army doctors in WWII.

10 (David's) Den The name refers to whoever currently resides at Number 10 Downing Street.

11 Legs[5] A reference to the shape of the number resembling a pair of legs, often chicken legs specifically.[6] The players often wolf whistle in response.

12 One dozen A reference to there being 12 units in one dozen.

13 Unlucky for some A reference to 13 being an unlucky number.

14 The Lawnmower The original lawnmower had a 14 inch blade.

16 Sweet 16, never been kissed[2]

21 Key of the Door The traditional age of majority.

22 Two little ducks The numeral 22 resembles the profile of two ducks.[6]

23 The Lord is My Shepherd The first words of Psalm 23 of the Old Testament

24 Knock at the door

25 Dad's Birthday!!!!!

26 Two and six, half a crown. Pre-decimalised currency in the UK. (See half crown)

27 Duck and a crutch. The number 2 looks like a duck (see '2') and the number 7 looks like a crutch.

28 Two and eight, in a state. Rhyming slang for "state".

30 Burlington Bertie Reference to a music hall song of the same name composed in 1900, and a more famous parody (Burlington Bertie from Bow) written in 1915. Burlington Bertie is 100 to 30 on the race track

Dirty Gertie[1] Common rhyme derived from the given name Gertrude, used as a nickname for the statue La Delivrance installed in North London in 1927. The usage was reinforced by Dirty Gertie from Bizerte, a bawdy song sung by Allied soldiers in North Africa during the Second World War.[7]

32 Buckle My Shoe[1]

33 All the threes[4]

35 Jump and Jive[2] A dance step

36 Three dozen

44 Droopy drawers[5] Rhyme that refers to sagging trousers.

48 evil wizards this is because there are 48 evil wizards in the world

49 Your out of time

52 Danny La Rue[8] A reference to drag entertainer Danny La Rue. Also used for other numbers ending in '2' (see '72' below).

Chicken vindaloo[1] Introduced by Butlins in 2003.[1]

53 Here comes Herbie 53 is the racing number of Herbie the VW Beetle. Players may reply "beep beep"!

54 House with a bamboo door

55 All the fives[4]

56 Shotts Bus[4] Refers to the former number of the bus from Glasgow to Shotts.

57 Heinz Beanz[4] Refers to "Heinz 57", the "57 Varieties" slogan of the H. J. Heinz Company.

62 Tickety-boo

65 Stop work[2] A reference to the British age of mandatory retirement.

66 Clickety click[5]

69 Anyway up. Meal for Two (saucy alternative).

71 Bang on the drum[2]

72 Danny La Rue[2]

76 Trombones[9] "Seventy-six Trombones" is a popular marching song.

Was she worth it? This refers to the pre-decimal price of a marriage licence in Britain, 7/6d. The players shout back "Every Penny"

77 Two little crutches[9]

80 Gandhi's Breakfast Imagine looking down from above on Gandhi sitting cross-legged in front of a plate or "ate nothing"

87 Torquay in Devon

88 Two Fat Ladies[10]

90 Top of the shop[4]

1^ a b c d e "J-Lo gets bingo call-up". BBC News Online. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-02.

2^ a b c d e f g "R.I.P. 1950s Bingo Calls". BBC News Online. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 2009-08-03.

3^ Eric Partridge, "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English".

4^ a b c d e f g h i Bingo - Trendier than Clubbing!, Inside Out (BBC), 23 September 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2009.

5^ a b c d Green, Jonathon (1987). Dictionary of jargon. Routledge. pp. 56. ISBN 0-7100-9919-3.

6^ a b Bingo Slang Terms, 11 October 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

7^ Vosburgh, Dick (1994-03-08). "Obituary: Walter Kent". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2009-08-24

8^ Jackson, Katie (2007-08-28). "How we put the balls in bingo". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2009-08-02

9^ a b How to stay young, even if you're clickety-click, BBC News Online, 11 July 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2009.

10^ Lemanski, Dominik (2008-04-20). "Amy's No, No, No to Kebab". Daily Star. Retrieved 2009-08-02

Awesome list chilly. There are a few on here i have never heard of. I wish all the online casino callers used the bingo lingo. It makes it that much more fun!

Lips

I don't remember which site it was where I used to play 90 ball bingo.  You could change the caller's voice from male to female.  With their fabulous British accents they added a whole new entertainment level to the game.

I think it's Bingo Vega where the caller has some strange accent.  I always get a kick out of her announcing the start of the game: "Get Redgie, the game is about to begin".  Maybe you've heard her before.  I know she isn't saying Redgie but it always sounds like it.  She'd finish off the game with the same thick accent "Bingo has been called!"  (y'all quit calling bingo so much-the phone bill is getting too high!).

Some callers just have an annoying tone so most of the time my bingo game is on mute.  Plus it's hard to listen to when there are 5 or 6 different games going on.  I lose out on one of my favorite things to do when I bingo, though.  I like the sites with the "Bingo" button you can push to claim your bingo.  When you push it they announce the "Bingo has been called" but I push it a Lot and it's like... "Bingo has b-b-b- bingo has- bing- bingo has been- bingo has been called!"  For some reason that just amuses me so much!

I do wonder if everyone else hears it like that or just "bingo has been called" as usual.

I see now there are a few numbers missing from the list.  I'll see if I can find them and post them as well.

Here is a complete list and I've bolded the ones that were missing above.

1. Kelly's Eye

2. One Little Duck

3. Cup of Tea

4. Knock at the Door

5. Man Alive

6. Tom Mix

7. Lucky 7

8. Garden Gate

9. Doctors Orders

10. Cameron's Den

11. Legs Eleven

12. One Dozen

13. Unlucky for Some

14. Valentines Day

15. Young and Keen

16. Sweet Sixteen

17. Dancing Queen

18. Coming of Age

19. Goodbye-Teens

20. One Score

21. Key of the Door

22. Two Little Ducks

23. Thee and Me

24. Two Dozen

25. Duck and Dive

26. Pick and Mix

27. Gateway to Heaven

28. Over Weight 

30. Dirty Gertie

31. Get up and Run

32. Buckle my Shoe

33. Dirty Knee

34. Ask for More

35. Jump and Jive

36. Three Dozen

37. More than Eleven

38. Christmas Cake

39. Steps

40. Naughty Forty

41. Time for Fun

42. Winnie the Pooh

43. Down on your Knees

44. Droopy Drawers

45. Halfway There

46. Up to Tricks

47. Four and Seven

48. Four Dozen

49. PC

50. Half a Century

51. Tweak of the Thumb

52. Danny La Rue

53. Stuck in the Tree

54. Clean the Floor

55. Snakes Alive

56. Was she worth it

57. Heinz Varieties

58. Make them Wait

59. Brighton Line

60. Five Dozen

61. Bakers Bun

62. Turn on the Screw

63. Tickle Me 63

64. Red Raw

65. Old Age Pension

66. Clickety Click

67. Made in Heaven

68. Saving Grace

69. Either Way Up

70. Three Score & Ten

71. Bang on the Drum

72. Six Dozen

73. Queen B

74. Candy Store

75. Strive & Strive

76. Trombones

77. Sunset Strip

78. Heavens Gate

79. One More Time

80. Eight & Blank

81. Stop & Run

82. Straight On Through

83. Time for Tea

84. Seven Dozen

85. Staying Alive

86. Between the Sticks

87. Torquay in Devon

88. Two Fat Ladies

89. Nearly There

90. Top of the Shop

It's a shame that those calls aren't used in the UK Bingo halls. Some of them are deemed offensive which I think is so silly. 88 - Two Fat Ladies I'm not offended at all. LOL