Rude Bingo Calls & Bingo Slang in 2024

Over the years, the British have developed their own bingo slang terms.

From ‘staying alive’ to ‘time for fun’, from ‘cup of tea’ to ‘doctor’s orders’, the bingo lingo sure is a handy tool for keeping the atmosphere up in the bingo rooms.

Here’s a list of all the rude bingo calls, as well as a couple more bingo terms to help you master the game and own the bingo halls.

Funny Rude Bingo Calls

There are a lot of very rude bingo calls, and some people may find them offensive. This is because bingo numbers are called out in traditional bingo rhymes, but some bingo versions have updated the bingo calls to make them more up-to-date.

8 – Sexy Kate
19 – Keep ’em keen
20 – Getting plenty
21 – Adult fun
24 – Did you score
34 – Flirty whore
37 – One night in heaven
41 – I’ve done your mum
44 – On all fours
66 – Kinky tricks
69 – Your place or mine
87 – Grandma’s gone to heaven

Naughty Bingo calls

What’s humour without some dirty bingo calls? Adults sure enjoy a naughty and kinky sense of humour, so don’t be surprised if your fellow bingo players make offensive bingo calls. All you have to do is learn the bingo slang, meaning, and you’ll be able to communicate in no time.

20 – One score/Getting Plenty
34 – Ask for more
40 – Naughty forty/Life begins
41 – Time for fun
56 – Was she worth it?
58 – Make them wait – Here the announcer would pause, making the audience wait.
60 – Grandma’s getting frisky
63 – Tickle me
69 – Meal for two – A reference to the 69 sex position.
71 – Bang on the drum/J Lo’s Bum

Historical Bingo calls

Many popular Bingo phrases have their origins in history, whether from song, movie, or wartime, as this highly popular game has been around for more than a half-century.

1 – Kelly’s Eye (referring to Australian singer Ned Kelly’s helmet, the eye slot resembling the number 1, but many think it’s just military slang).
6 – Tom Mix (a popular western movies star, dating from the silent era of filmography)
9 – Doctor’s orders (Number 9 was a laxative pill given out by army doctors in WWII)
16 – Sweet 16 and never been kissed – After the song Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed
21 – Royal Salute (the famous 21-gun salute common for military events as well as royal gatherings)
23 – Thee and me / The Lord is My Shepherd (These words are the first line of Psalm 23 of the Old Testament)
30 – Dirty Gertie – Used as a nickname for the statue La Delivrance installed in North London in 1927. Dirty Gertie from Bizerte, a bawdy song sung by Allied soldiers in North Africa during World War II, reinforced the usage
39 – 39 Steps (a popular Hitchcock movie from the 1930s)
43 – Down on your knees – This was a phrase that was made popular during wartime by soldiers.
49 – PC (this reference is linked to the popular TV show “ The Adventures of PC 49”, which aired in the mid 50s). Usual response is “Evening all”.
57 – Heinz varieties (the Heinz brand has been around since 1869, and has 57 canned beans types)
59 – Brighton line – Quote from The Importance of Being Earnest a play by Oscar Wilde referencing trains 59.
70 – Three score and 10 – Three score and ten years is the span of life according to the Bible.
76 – Trombones -(“Seventy-Six Trombones” is a popular marching song from the musical “The Music Man”)

Rhyming Bingo Calls

3 – Cup of Tea
4 – Knock at the door
5 – Man alive
8 – Garden Gate
10 – [Current Prime Minister’s name]’s den
15 – Young and keen
17 – Dancing Queen
25 – Duck and dive
26 – Pick and mix
27 – Gateway to heaven
28 ⎯ In a state/Overweight
29 – Rise and shine
31 – Get up and run
32 – Buckle my shoe
33 – Dirty knee/All the threes
35 – Jump and Jive
37 – More than 11
38 – Christmas cake
42 – Winnie the Pooh
44 – Droopy drawers – Rhyme that refers to sagging underwear
46 – Up to tricks
47 – Four and seven
51 –Tweak of the thumb
52 – Danny La Rue
53 – Stuck in the tree
54 – Clean the floor
55 – Snakes alive / All the Fives
61 – Baker’s bun
62 – Tickety-Boo / Turn the screw
64 – Red raw
66 – Clickety click
67 – Stairway to Heaven
68 – Pick a Mate/Saving grace
73 – Queen Bee
74 – Hit the floor/Candy store
75 – Strive and strive
78 – Heaven’s Gate
79 – One more time
81 – Stop and run
82 – Straight on through
83 – Time for tea
85 – Staying alive
86 – Between the sticks
87 – Torquay in Devon

Shape of numbers bingo calls

2 ⎯ One little duck – Because of the number 2’s resemblance to a duck
11 – Legs eleven – A reference to the shape of the number resemblance to a pair of legs. The players sometimes wolf whistle as a response.
22 – Two little ducks. Response is often “quack, quack, quack”.
25 – Duck and dive – the number 2 – the duck, mirrored on the water, seems like a 5, and the duck takes a dive.
77 – Two Little Crutches – doesn’t the ‘lucky number’ 7 resemble the shape of a crutchet?
88 – Two fat ladies the curves of a woman are similar to the shape of number 8 (at least when they’re not skinny).

Do Love, Luck or Age have anything to do with it?

7 – Lucky seven – Lucky number seven comes from the table game of Craps, where rolling a seven is needed for winning pass line bets
13 – Unlucky for some – A reference to 13 being an unlucky number.
14 – Valentine’s Day – A reference to 14 February being St. Valentine’s Day.
18 – Coming of age – Eighteen is the age of majority in the UK. Some callers also shout: “Now you can vote!”
19 – Goodbye teens – Nineteen is the age after which people stop being teenagers.
21 – Royal Salute / Key of the Door – The 21 gun salute / Age of maturity and being trusted with their own set of house keys
50 – Half a Century / Blind Fifty / It’s a Bullseye
65 – Old age pension – A reference to the former male British age of mandatory retirement.

Dozen not-so-inappropriate rude bingo calls.

12 – One dozen – A reference to there being 12 units in one dozen.
24 – Two dozen
36 – Three dozen
48 – Four dozen
72 – Six Dozen
84 – Seven dozen

What’s left?

45 – Halfway there – Being halfway towards 90
80 – Ate nothing/Eight and Blank
89 – Almost there
90 – Top of the shop

Types of Bingo Games

There are three popular bingo games: two classics and one that has risen to the top in online bingo games.

75 balls bingo

This type is more popular in the US than in the UK, and it is played on lists made up of 5×5 grid tables with a free space in the middle. The first player to complete the pattern wins the game. Besides the pattern, each game has a number known as the balls to jackpot number. And if the winner gets the pattern within the number of balls specified in this number, they win the jackpot, which is usually a progressive prize. This kind of bingo can also be found in almost every no wagering bingo site.

80 balls bingo a.k.a “shutter board bingo”

This is the latest bingo type, and its name originates from the requirement to shut a window over the number when it’s called out in bingo halls. Nowadays, it’s quite popular in online bingo games.

The rules and strategy to play this type of bingo are very similar to the 75-balls type of bingo, to the point where a certain bingo pattern must be completed at the beginning of each game. However, each next game’s pattern varies, and you have plenty of options to win a game.

90 balls bingo

Found in all UK bingo rooms, this classic bingo game is played on tickets with three rows and nine columns. Each line of nine boxes has five numbers and four empty spaces. There are three winning combinations in this type of bingo: one line, two lines, and a full house.

Wrapping Up

There are a bunch of bingo calls that are rude, but there are also a lot of hilarious bingo terms as well. Bingo wouldn’t be nearly as exciting if these rude bingo calls weren’t there to spice things up. That’s why It’s understandable that some of the 50s phrases are thrown in a “Little Mix” on a “Tinder Date” with the “Selfie Queen”. Funny, right?

Check out the many popular online bingo sites so you can brag about your bingo slang knowledge and win the audience as well as the game.

And maybe throw in some new and updated phrases along the way? That could be a lot of fun!

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