bacne
/ˈbakni
/(also backne)
noun [mass noun] informal
Acne on the skin of a person’s back: if you have a severe case of bacne, it’s worth consulting a dermatologist...
- It was often between 105 and 110 degrees, and the copious sweat spawned yet more bacne.
- Want to banish bacne (breakouts on your back and shoulders) this season?
- Bacne is an issue that people put up with all year, but it can seem so much worse in the summer.
Origin
1990s: blend of back and acne.
- take the floor
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
- take the King's (or Queen's) shilling
- take the King's shilling
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the liberty
- take the long view
- take the mound
- take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave
- take the part of
- take the piss (out of someone/thing)
- take the place of
- take the plunge
- take the rap
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the salute
- take the shine off
- take the starch out of
- take the trouble
- take the veil
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- take the words out of someone's mouth
- take thought
- take time by the forelock
- take to