bingo vs humbug

bingo

noun
  • A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance 

  • A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. 

  • A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus. 

  • A win in such a game. 

adj
  • Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO) 

intj
  • Used by players of bingo to claim a win. 

  • Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task. 

  • Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!" 

verb
  • To play the game of bingo. 

  • To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus. 

  • To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game. 

  • To return to base. 

humbug

noun
  • Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern. 

  • A hoax, jest, or prank. 

  • A fight. 

  • A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy. 

  • A false arrest on trumped-up charges. 

  • The piglet of the wild boar. 

  • A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite. 

verb
  • To fight; to act tough. 

  • To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive. 

intj
  • Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish! 

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