Everyone knows a few bits of bingo lingo, but I bet there are only a handful of people out there who know all of the traditional bingo calling phrases. There are regional variations throughout the UK, and many numbers have more than one nickname. Some numbers have both a rhyming nickname and a more logical one. The number eight for example, can be referred to as both ‘Garden Gate’ (which rhymes) and ‘One Fat Lady’ (because the shape looks like two halves of a large woman).
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Here is the complete list of known lingo for bingo. I dare say you'll rarely here any of these being shouted out by the caller on an online bingo site, but down your local bingo hall I dare say they'll be often heard.
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1 Kelly's Eye / At the Beginning
2 One Little Duck / Me and You – So called because the number 2 is a swan-like shape.
3 Cup of tea / You and Me
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4 Knock at the Door
5 Man Alive
6 Tom's tricks / Tom Nix
7 Lucky Seven / God's in Heaven
8 One Fat Lady / Golden Gate/ Garden Gate
9 Doctor's Orders – In World War 2 the British pill “Number 9” was a laxative.
10 Tony's Den. Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street (changes with each Prime Minister).
11 Legs Eleven
12 One Dozen
13 Unlucky for Some/ Devil's Number/ Baker’s Dozen
14 Valentines Day
15 Young and keen/ Rugby Team
16 Sweet Sixteen / She's Lovely
17 Dancing Queen /Often been Kissed
18 Coming of Age
19 Goodbye Teens
20 One Score/ 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 Pick and Mix/Half a crown/Bed and Breakfast – The cost of a night’s lodgings and breakfast was traditionally 2 shillings and sixpence, or two and six.
27 Gateway to Heaven / Little duck with a Crutch
28 Over Weight / In a State
29 You're doing Fine/ Rise and Shine
30 Burlington Bertie / Dirty Gertie / Speed Limit / Flirty thirty / Blind 30
31 Get up and Run
32 Buckle my Shoe
33 Dirty Knees / All the Threes / All the Feathers / Two Little Fleas / Sherwood Forest
34 Ask for More
35 Jump and Jive
36 Three Dozen
37 A Flea in Heaven/ More than Eleven
38 Christmas Cake
39 Those Famous Steps/ Steps
40 Naughty Forty
41 Time for Fun
42 Winnie the Pooh/ Famous Street in Manhatten
43 Down on your Knees
44 Droopy Drawers / All the Fours
45 Halfway There / Halfway House
46 Up to Tricks
47 Four and Seven
48 Four Dozen
49 P.C. / Copper / Nick Nick
50 Half a Century/ Bulls Eye / Blind 50
51 Tweak of the Thumb
52 Danny La Rue/ Weeks in a Year
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 – The London to Brighton bus service was the number 59.
60 Five Dozen /Three Score / Blind 60
61 Bakers Bun
62 Turn on the Screw / Tickety Boo
63 Tickle Me
64 Red Raw / The Beatles’ Number
65 Old Age Pension – The age of retirement (when a pension can be claimed) for men in the UK.
66 Clickety Click / All the Sixes
67 Made in Heaven / Argumentative Number
68 Saving Grace
69 Either Way Up /The Same Both Ways / Your Place or Mine / Meal for Two
70 Three Score and Ten / Blind 70
71 Bang on the Drum
72 Six Dozen / A Crutch and a Duck / Par for the Course
73 Crutch and a flea / Queen B
74 Candy Store
75 Strive and Strive
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76 Trombones /Was She Worth It – The cost of a wedding license used to be 7 shillings and sixpence.
77 Sunset Strip / All the Sevens / Two Little Crutches
78 Heavens Gate
79 One More Time
80 Eight and Blank/Blind 80/Gandhi's Breakfast – Imagine looking down at Gandhi sitting cross legged in front of a large empty plate.
81 Stop and Run
82 Straight on Through/ Fat lady with a Duck
83 Time for Tea / Ethel's Ear – The eight is a fat lady shape and the three is an ear shape.
84 Seven Dozen
85 Staying Alive
86 Between the Sticks
87 Torquay in Devon/ Fat lady with a Crutch
88 Two fat ladies / All the Eights
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89 Nearly there / All but One90 Top of the Shop / Top of the House / Blind 90 / End of the Line
You can find more information about bingo lingo over at Wikipedia.
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In Bingo, each number has been given one or more affectionate nicknames. Bingo callers often uses these nicknames when they call out the numbers, so it’s good to know what they are. If a Bingo caller calls out “One hockey stick” or “Legs – they’re lovely”, will you think the caller has gone plain bonkers, or will you know that the number 7 is often called a “hockey stick” and that the number 11 is often called “legs”!
A lot of Bingo calls for numbers are based on the shape of the numbers – like “little duck” for the number 2. Other nicknames rhyme with the numbers, like “One little flea” for number 3.
Some Bingo calls have especially interesting origins. For instance, did you know that the number 9 is sometimes called “Doctor’s orders” because a pill known as “number nine” was often prescribed during World War II?
Getting to know the terms used in Bingo calling is part of the fun of playing and enjoying Bingo. For more fun terms used in Bingo calling, check our online Bingo Cockney rhyming slang terms.
List of Bingo Calls and Nicknames (1 – 90)
1. Kelly’s eye (after one-eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly), Little Jimmy, First on the board
2. Little duck, Me and you, Home alone, Peek a boo
3. One little flea, Cup of tea, Monkey on the tree
4. The one next door, On the floor, Shut the door
5. One little snake, Man alive
6. Chopsticks, Tom’s tricks, In a fix
7. Hockey stick, Crutch, Lucky seven, God’s in heaven, David Beckham
8. One fat lady, At the gate
9. Doctor’s orders
10. Downing street, Big fat hen, Cock and hen, Uncle Ben
11. Legs, Chicken legs, Skinny legs
12. One dozen, One doz’ if one can
13. Unlucky for some, Bakers’ dozen
14. Valentines day
15. Rugby team
16. Sweet sixteen, Never been kissed
17. Dancing queen (from the Abba song of the same name), Posh and Becks
18. Key of the door, Coming of age
19. Goodbye teens
20. Blind 20, One score
21. Royal salute, Key of the door
22. Two little ducks
23. A duck and a flea, The Lord’s my shepherd (from Psalm 23)
24. Two dozen
25. Duck and dive
26. Bed and breakfast (traditional price was 2 shillings 6 pence), Half a crown (equivalent to 2 shillings 6 pence)
27. Gateway to heaven, Little duck with a crutch
28. Duck and its mate
29. Rise and shine
30. Dirty Gertie, Speed limit
31. Get up and run
32. Buckle my Shoe
33. Two little fleas, Sherwood forest (all the trees)
34. Ask for more
35. Jump and jive, Flirty wives
36. Three dozen
37. A flea in heaven
38. Christmas cake
39. All the steps (from the 1935 Hitchcock film), Jack Benny
40. Two score, Life begins at, Naughty 40
41. Life’s begun, Time for fun
42. Whinny the Poo
43. Down on your knees
44. All the fours
45. Halfway house, Halfway there
46. Up to tricks
47. Four and seven
48. Four dozen
49. PC (for police constable), Copper
50. Bulls eye, Half a century, Hawaii five O
51. I love my mum
52. Weeks in a year, Pack ‘o cards
53. Stuck in the tree, The joker
54. Clean the floor
55. Snakes alive, All the fives
56. Was she worth it? (From the original price of a wedding contract)
57. Heinz varieties, All the beans
58. Make them wait, Choo choo Thomas
59. Brighton line (the London-Brighton engine was number 59)
60. Three score, Five dozen
61. Bakers bun
62. Tickety boo, Turn on the screw
63. Tickle me
64. The Beatles number, Red raw
65. Old age pension
66. Clickety click, All the sixes
67. Made in heaven
68. Saving grace
69. Either way up, The French connection
70. Three score and ten
71. Bang on the drum, Lucky one
72. A crutch and a duck, Par for the course (from golf)
73. Crutch with a flea, Lucky three
74. Candy store, Grandmamma of Bingo, Lucky four
75. Granddaddy of Bingo, Lucky five
76. Trombones, Lucky six
77. All the sevens, Two little crutches, The double hockey stick, Lucky seven
78. Heavens gate, Lucky eight
79. Lucky nine
80. Gandhi’s breakfast, 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
88. Two fat ladies, Wobbly wobbly, All the eights
89. Nearly there, All but one
90. Top of the shop, Top of the house, End of the line