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Beeb|biːb|
Repr. a colloq. contraction of C. (the British Broadcasting Corporation). Freq. with the.
1967(private communication from M. Laski) Beeb. My daughter, who works in the B.B.C., always calls it so. 1971Guardian 26 Mar. 15/1 Anything the Beeb does..which can be called political means somebody can get ‘the right of reply’. 1971It 2–16 June 19/3, I doubt that this album will receive any airplay 'cos the lyrics might offend the grey minds up at the beeb. 1976Star (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. 1980B. 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. 1985Times 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. |