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B
BA
British Airways UK
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/oct/29/
terrorismandtravel.britishairways
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/mar/24/
britishairways.occupationalpensions
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/13/
theairlineindustry.britishairwaysbusiness
Bachelor of Arts
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/05/
rick-perrys-plan-10000-for-a-ba
BAME
black and minority ethnic
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/18/
over-three-quarters-of-bame-doctors-fear-they-will-contract-covid-19
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/
why-are-people-from-bame-groups-dying-disproportionately-of-covid-19
B&B
1 - Bed and Breakfast
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/19/
uk-spends-2bn-housing-homeless-short-term
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/sep/07/best-new-british-bed-breakfasts
2 -
Bradford & Bingley
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/29/bradfordbingley.banking3
B /
Bn
Billion
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/dec/23/
christmas-shoppers-battle-with-windy-weather
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/04/facebook-1bn-users
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/18/digital-content-expansion
BAE
British Aerospace
https://www.theguardian.com/world/
bae
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/10/bae.armstrade
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/
bae.foreignpolicy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/
bae1
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/
bae12
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/15/
saudiarabia.armstrade
Baftas
British Academy Film Awards
UK
https://www.bafta.org/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/baftas
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/baftas
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/baftas-2016-television
BAT
British American Tobacco
https://www.theguardian.com/business/
britishamericantobacco
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/
big-tobacco-dirty-war-africa-market
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/22/
smoking.frontpagenews
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jun/24/
smoking
B.B.F.
best banker friend
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/
business/15chase.html
BB guns
Ball bearing guns
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/aug/31/
localgovernment.uknews
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation UK
https://www.bbc.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jan/21/mps-interview-candidate-bbc-trust
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/01/broadcasting.bbc
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/24/broadcasting.bbc
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/dec/15/broadcasting.bbc
BBQ
barbecue
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/23/
cameron-obama-bbq-rules
BC
Before Christ
BCG
Bacille
Calmette Guerin
BCG vaccine
The BCG
vaccine
protects
against tuberculosis,
which is
also known as TB.
TB is a serious infection
that
affects the lungs
and
sometimes other parts of the body,
such as the
bones, joints and kidneys.
It can also
cause meningitis.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tuberculosis-tb-vaccine/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/
bcg-tuberculosis-tb-vaccine/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/apr/30/
covid-19-what-has-the-bcg-vaccine-got-to-do-with-it-podcast
BDSM
Bondage, Domination and
Sado-Masochism
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/28/
i-see-lockdown-as-a-chance-for-more-bdsm-but-my-girlfriend-doesnt
BET
Black Entertainment Television music awards
USA
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2020/jun/29/
the-bet-awards-from-beyonce-to-michelle-obama-in-pictures
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/26/
534435492/bet-awards-wields-and-exerts-its-influence-beyond-black-america
B.F.F.
BFF has two definitions
the most common of which is
Best
Friends Forever
the other is the complete opposite
and is:
Big Fat Fuck
http://fr.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=BFF
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=BFF
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/
624059365/how-did-steven-seagal-and-vladimir-putin-become-bffs-bob-van-ronkel-introduced-t
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/
smarter-living/how-to-combat-your-anxiety-one-step-at-a-time.html
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/01/
476168494/cyndi-lauper-charts-her-own-path-thanks-in-part-to-patsy-cline
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/
fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html
BFI
British Film Institute UK
https://www.bfi.org.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/17/
charles-dickens-bicentary-film-tv
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS
https://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-is-bios.htm
bit
Binary digit
BK
Buckingham Palace
https://www.royal.uk/
BLM
1 - Black Lives Matter
USA
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/
1117437412/hbcu-black-students-applications-enrollments-increase
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/
955221274/now-the-world-gets-to-see-the-difference-blm-protesters-on-the-capitol-attack
2 - Bureau of Land Management
USA
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/
806783253/blm-acting-director-defends-agencys-controversial-move-to-colorado
BMA
British Medical Association UK
https://www.bma.org.uk/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/
feb/15/nhs-reforms-bma-meldrum
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jan/24/
nhs.publicservices
BMI
Body Mass Index
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/13/
should-i-worry-about-my-bmi
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/02/28/
971865393/obesity-specialist-says-
bmi-is-a-good-measure-for-vaccine-priority-group
BMJ
British Medical Journal
UK
https://www.bmj.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/28/
common-painkillers-linked-to-increase-risk-of-heart-failure-bmj-finds
http://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2013/oct/21/
medical-research-health
BMX
Bicycle Motor "Cross"
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2018/07/04/
624046774/bmx-in-the-bronx
bn
billion
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/oct/08/
banking.economy1
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/dec/31/
subprimecrisis.creditcrunch
BNF
British National Front
BNP
British National Party
15 July 2004
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004322117,00.html -
broken link
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/09/
bnp-candidate-arrested-quran-burning
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/14/general-election-2010-fall-bnp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/cartoon/2009/oct/21/steve-bell-nick-griffin-cartoon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/08/europe-bnp-nick-griffin
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/alarm-over-rise-of-bnp-1628227.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/
home-news/bnp-links-to-immigration-service-staff-1334236.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/18/politics.thefarright
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/21/thefarright.topstories3
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/jan/16/searchengines.farrightpolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/apr/21/ukgeneralelection2005.politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/apr/06/farrightpolitics.television
bldg.
building
BOJ
Bank of Japan
BOP
The Federal Bureau of Prisons USA
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/
988237102/all-federal-inmates-to-be-offered-vaccine-by-mid-may-bop-director-says
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/13/
537076246/federal-report-criticizes-harsh-treatment-of-lewisburg-prisoners
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/
opinion/bad-prison-policy-for-women.html
BP
British Petroleum
John Deering
The
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Editorial cartoon
Cagle
24 May 2010
J.D. Crowe
Alabama -- The Mobile Register
Editorial cartoon
Cagle
21 May 2010
1 November 2004
http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/television/26spill.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environment/13bprisk.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/13/business/bp-timeline.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/business/30bp.html
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/jan/11/money.oilandpetrol
BPA
bisphenol-A USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/13/
647246241/study-bpa-safety
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/06/
555900292/which-items-in-our-kitchens-contain-bpa
BPD
borderline personality
disorder
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/
is-this-actually-ptsd-clinicians-divided-
over-redefining-borderline-personality-disorder
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/dec/05/
secret-teacher-i-dare-not-tell-anyone-personality-disorder
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/may/03/
boderline-personality-disorder-empathy-simon-baron-cohen
B.Q.E.
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/
nyregion/brooklyn-queens-expressway-construction-plan.html
BS
bullshit
Ted Rall
political cartoon
GoComics
July 22, 2022
https://www.gocomics.com/ted-rall/2022/07/22
https://www.gocomics.com/ted-rall/2022/07/22
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/26/
why-corporate-social-responsibility-is-bs
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/28/
774067928/bs-jobs-how-meaningless-work-wears-us-down
BSE
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/
bse
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/18/
bse-vcjd-victims
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/23/
bse.davidbatty
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/nov/11/
food.bse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/oct/26/
qanda.bse
BSOD
Blue Screen of Death
https://www.wisegeek.com/
what-is-the-blue-screen-of-death.htm
BST
British Summer Time UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
British_Summer_Time
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/mar/25/
british-summer-time-strengthen-nature
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/may/22/
ukguns
BT
British Telecom
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/business/
btgroup
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/15/
bt-to-scrap-half-of-uks-remaining-phone-boxes-after-usage-falls-90
BTK
"bind, torture, kill"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-16
-BTK-sentencing_x.htm - broken link
WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters)
- A Kansas
man suspected
of being the long-sought "BTK"
serial murderer
appeared in court
on Tuesday
and waived a preliminary hearing
on charges that he killed 10 people
in 17 years.
Dennis Rader spoke briefly, answering "yes sir"
when Judge Greg Waller asked
about his decision
to waive a detailed presentation of the charges
against him.
Rader, 60,
will enter a plea at his arraignment
in Sedgwick County District
Court on May 3.
The former Boy Scout leader
and city compliance officer
is charged with 10
counts of first-degree murder
for killings between 1974 and 1991.
The first victims of BTK
-- which
stands
for "bind, torture, kill"
--
were a
husband and wife
and their two children.
The last was a 62-year-old grandmother.
Rader was arrested in February
after
a 31-year manhunt.
In the 1970s and 1980s
the BTK killer terrorized Wichita
and
taunted police
with clues in letters and postcards.
BTK resurfaced last year,
offering more clues
in various correspondence,
and investigators have said
it
appears he wanted to be caught.
Rader will not face the death penalty
because Kansas did not adopt
the death
penalty until 1994,
after the last known BTK crime
was committed.
BTK Serial Killer Suspect Waives Kansas Hearing,
R, Tue Apr 19,
2005 11:59 AM ET,
full text,
http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=01WOYG5NHJXOACRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8227801
- broken link
Related
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/20/
us/man-facing-charges-in-btk-killings-waives-a-hearing.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/20/
us/man-facing-charges-in-btk-killings-waives-a-hearing.html
BTW
1 - between
2 - by the way
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=btw
BYU
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/22/
552894537/for-the-first-time-in-decades-
caffeinated-sodas-on-sale-at-byu-dining-halls
BYOB
Bring Your Own Bottle / Bag
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/
1073791401/boris-johnson-parties-lockdown
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