Beebn.

/biːb/

Etymology: Representing a contraction of B.B.C. n. (the British Broadcasting Corporation).

colloquial.

= B.B.C. n. Frequently with the.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > broadcasting service > [noun] > broadcasting company > colloquial term

Beeb1967

1967 M. Laski in Words: Wai-te-ata Stud. in Lit. (1974) No. 4. 95 Beeb. My daughter, who works in the B.B.C., always calls it so.

1968 Evening News 13 Sept. 10/1 He gives the impression he doesn't worry about anything: least of all ‘Beeb’, as he calls the BBC.

1971 Guardian 26 Mar. 15/1 Anything the Beeb does..which can be called political means somebody can get ‘the right of reply’.

1971 It 2 June 19/3 I doubt that this album will receive any airplay 'cos the lyrics might offend the grey minds up at the beeb.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 2/5 BBC2..9.30 A world of music: Surely worth a plum Beeb-1 spot as it's John Denver and Friends.

1980 B. W. Aldiss Life in West xii. 254 In the sixties,..it was fashionable for everyone to be radical,..whether they worked for Apple or the Beeb.

1985 Times 11 Feb. 15/5 The licence fee the ‘Beeb’ is asking for is a shade less than the 18p a day for a popular newspaper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	beeb
释义	Beebn. /biːb/ Etymology: Representing a contraction of B.B.C. n. (the British Broadcasting Corporation). colloquial. = B.B.C. n. Frequently with the. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > broadcasting service > [noun] > broadcasting company > colloquial term Beeb1967 1967 M. Laski in Words: Wai-te-ata Stud. in Lit. (1974) No. 4. 95 Beeb. My daughter, who works in the B.B.C., always calls it so. 1968 Evening News 13 Sept. 10/1 He gives the impression he doesn't worry about anything: least of all ‘Beeb’, as he calls the BBC. 1971 Guardian 26 Mar. 15/1 Anything the Beeb does..which can be called political means somebody can get ‘the right of reply’. 1971 It 2 June 19/3 I doubt that this album will receive any airplay 'cos the lyrics might offend the grey minds up at the beeb. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 2/5 BBC2..9.30 A world of music: Surely worth a plum Beeb-1 spot as it's John Denver and Friends. 1980 B. W. Aldiss Life in West xii. 254 In the sixties,..it was fashionable for everyone to be radical,..whether they worked for Apple or the Beeb. 1985 Times 11 Feb. 15/5 The licence fee the ‘Beeb’ is asking for is a shade less than the 18p a day for a popular newspaper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1967
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