What's the difference between bingo and jingo?

Bingo


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Darling's pledge to cap VAT at 17.5% and lower bingo taxes were overshadowed by a surprise national insurance hike and a squeeze on public sector workers.
  • (2) These are likely to include its 20% stake in online bingo business Cashcade and the German price comparison firm Verivox.
  • (3) "Our longer-term strategic objective is to become the market leader in online poker, casino, sports and bingo."
  • (4) 11.30am: Those playing "Leveson bingo" with Robert Jay QC 's florid language might like to note that he has so far used the word "adventitious" .
  • (5) In fact, her pithy insults are deployed so regularly that colleagues on the spending watchdog have come up with the idea of playing “Margaret Hodge bingo”, scoring points when one of her putdowns pops out.
  • (6) Woking also built a series of combined heat and power (CHP) stations - one of which powers council buildings, some sheltered housing and the bulk of the town centre, including the civic offices, a leisure complex, a hotel, bingo hall and exhibition centre.
  • (7) The broad relationships are explored between the genetic and the phenotypic structures of the bingo-gamma model (ie, the shortest waiting time among competing, independent, multiple-hit systems).
  • (8) Duties • From next year's budget, bingo duty to be cut from 22% to 20%.
  • (9) 1.42am BST Some have bingo, others have drinking games; here at the Guardian we have something much more cerebral to pass the time.
  • (10) If Barnes once called the contest "posh bingo", this year looks a lot less adventitious.
  • (11) Photograph: Fox Searchlight This article was amended on 28 February 2014 to credit the online magazine Slate with the Wes Anderson Bingo game.
  • (12) A real corker of a package if you are a bingo-playing pensioner who likes a tot of the hard stuff and has a few quid in the bank.
  • (13) Which, in worker-oppression bingo, sounds like a full house.
  • (14) The magic of reading a whole book in one sitting because I couldn’t tear my child away from the kids’ club (“Cinderella is coming later and we’re going to play bingo with Donald”).
  • (15) Governmental figures from 1989 show that in the Autonomic Region of Andalucia, with a population of 7 million inhabitants, more than three hundred billion pesetas (approximately UK pounds 1,500 million) were spent during 1988 gambling in casinos, slot machines and at bingo.
  • (16) ‘Or,’ he continues, ‘I will press the baby to bring the head up.’ He firmly kneads the pregnant belly, slowly encouraging the foetus until: ‘Bingo.
  • (17) The other four – the aerobics class, warehouse workers in De Piero's constituency, a bingo club of mostly former miners in Derbyshire, and golfers in Yorkshire – were "iconic" groups.
  • (18) Hip Hop Karaoke every Thursday at The Social, London and at Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 20 February; Limelight, Belfast, 8 March, hiphopkaraoke.co.uk Rebel Bingo Facebook Twitter Pinterest Once called The Underground Rebel Bingo Club, the riotous night of number yelling and covering yourself in daubers has had to drop the “underground” part of its name, presumably because it’s gone stratospheric.
  • (19) However, we’re not convinced the painting featured on our bingo card is by Eric, since he is better known for his intricate illustrations (see: The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox).
  • (20) Also you should have included "pesky" and "dirt dog" here to win "Talking About Pedroia" bingo.

Jingo


Definition:

  • (n.) A word used as a jocular oath.
  • (n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here comes the Algerian tune - and, by jingo, there seems to be lots of them in Pretoria too.
  • (2) On the BBC, Jingo Boy and Mark Lawrenson are debating whether a slightly sheepish looking Jorge Larrionda is trying to level things up as best he could.
  • (3) On BBC TV, Jingo the Commentator is trotting out that "we know these players are world class, they play for Chelsea and Manchester United and the like every week" argument.

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