Be Fluent in Bingo
Are you curious to know the seemingly technical Bingo calls that you keep on hearing from Bingo players at traditional social halls and online Bingo chat rooms? IF you do not want to be left behind, start memorizing such terms as knowing this could help you look more of a Bingo expert that you could ever be! The following are the popular speaking Bingo terms and the reasons why Bingo players around the world came up with such Bingo terms to refer to the numbers 1 to 20.
1. The number one is referred to as "Kelly's eye." There are no apparent reasons behind this term. Other Bingo players think that the "Kelly" person is Ned Kelly.
2. The number two is also known as "one little duck." Try it for yourself. Stare at the number two and it somehow resembles a duck, right?
3. The number three is also called "cup of tea." Well, I guess, the word "tea" rhymes with the number three.
4. The number four can be called "knock at the door" as the last word of the phrase rhymes with this number.
5. The number five is also referred as "Man alive" for reasons yet unknown to majority of Bingo players.
6. The number six is also known as Tom's tricks. Six and tricks, got the rhyming words?
7. The number seven can be referred to only one word which is "lucky."
8. The number eight is called "Garden Gate." Bingo players seem to connect the rhyming words gate and eight together.
9. The number nine is always called the "doctor's orders" in Bingo. Bingo players look back during World War II in Britain when doctors write reminders to their patients using sick notes. This reminder includes not staying out after 9 pm.
10. The number ten is known as "Downing Street" as the number is always associated with the address of the British Prime Minister which is #10 Downing Street. This number is also known as "Tony's Den."
11. The number 11 is popularly referred to as legs for obvious reasons.
12. The number 12 as always stands for "one dozen."
13. The number 13 could be "unlucky for some." But. Bingo players who have this number on their Bingo cards think otherwise when the number is announced by the Bingo caller.
14. The number 14 represents "Valentines Day" even to Bingo players.
15. The number 15 suggests a descriptive phrase "young and keen."
16. The number 16 is also called "sweet."
17. The number 17 has its dancing shoes on with the term "Dancing Queen." Thanks to Abba's "Dancing Queen" song.
18. The number 18 is referred to as "coming of age."
19. The number 19 is referred to as "goodbye teens."
20. The number 20 is also called "one score."
