Beeb

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Beeb

/biːb/

Rhymes with -iːb

Where it comes from

Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s.

proper noun the Beeb

UK, informal The BBC.
Similar: Auntie, Auntie Beeb

noun Beebs

informal A BBC Micro (British home computer). The BBC Micro (alias the Beeb) is still quite a deluxe machine, with better high-resolution color graphics than any of its competitors.

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@misc{beeb_2026,
  title = {Beeb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beeb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}