The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1 to 90, some of which date back many decades. In some clubs, the 'bingo caller' will say the number, with the assembled players intoning the rhyme in a call and response manner, in others, the caller will say the rhyme and the.
In Bingo, each number has been given one or more affectionate nicknames. Bingo callers often uses these nicknames when they call out the numbers, so it’s good to know what they are. If a Bingo caller calls out “One hockey stick” or “Legs – they’re lovely”, will you think the caller has gone plain bonkers, or will you know that the number 7 is often called a “hockey stick” and that the number 11 is often called “legs”!
- Nursery Rhyme Bingo. Baa Baa Three Little KittensBlack Sheep Hey Diddle Diddle Humpty Dumpty. Little Miss Muffet Eensy Weensy Spider Little Bo Peep Hickory Dickory Dock. Nursery Rhyme Bingo. Print the cards on cardstock and laminate; then cut out. The caller places the cards face down in front of him.
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- Nursery Rhymes: BINGO. Play and sing along with the PAW Patrol in the interactive nursery rhyme game, BINGO! Look out for your favourite pup and see if you can clap along in time.
A lot of Bingo calls for numbers are based on the shape of the numbers – like “little duck” for the number 2. Other nicknames rhyme with the numbers, like “One little flea” for number 3.
Some Bingo calls have especially interesting origins. For instance, did you know that the number 9 is sometimes called “Doctor’s orders” because a pill known as “number nine” was often prescribed during World War II?
Getting to know the terms used in Bingo calling is part of the fun of playing and enjoying Bingo. For more fun terms used in Bingo calling, check our online Bingo Cockney rhyming slang terms.
List of Bingo Calls and Nicknames (1 – 90)
1. Kelly’s eye (after one-eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly), Little Jimmy, First on the board
2. Little duck, Me and you, Home alone, Peek a boo
3. One little flea, Cup of tea, Monkey on the tree
4. The one next door, On the floor, Shut the door
5. One little snake, Man alive
6. Chopsticks, Tom’s tricks, In a fix
7. Hockey stick, Crutch, Lucky seven, God’s in heaven, David Beckham
8. One fat lady, At the gate
9. Doctor’s orders
10. Downing street, Big fat hen, Cock and hen, Uncle Ben
11. Legs, Chicken legs, Skinny legs
12. One dozen, One doz’ if one can
13. Unlucky for some, Bakers’ dozen
14. Valentines day
15. Rugby team
16. Sweet sixteen, Never been kissed
17. Dancing queen (from the Abba song of the same name), Posh and Becks
18. Key of the door, Coming of age
19. Goodbye teens
20. Blind 20, One score
21. Royal salute, Key of the door
22. Two little ducks
23. A duck and a flea, The Lord’s my shepherd (from Psalm 23)
24. Two dozen
25. Duck and dive
26. Bed and breakfast (traditional price was 2 shillings 6 pence), Half a crown (equivalent to 2 shillings 6 pence)
27. Gateway to heaven, Little duck with a crutch
28. Duck and its mate
29. Rise and shine
30. Dirty Gertie, Speed limit
31. Get up and run
32. Buckle my Shoe
33. Two little fleas, Sherwood forest (all the trees)
34. Ask for more
35. Jump and jive, Flirty wives
36. Three dozen
37. A flea in heaven
38. Christmas cake
39. All the steps (from the 1935 Hitchcock film), Jack Benny
40. Two score, Life begins at, Naughty 40
41. Life’s begun, Time for fun
42. Whinny the Poo
43. Down on your knees
44. All the fours
45. Halfway house, Halfway there
46. Up to tricks
47. Four and seven
48. Four dozen
49. PC (for police constable), Copper
50. Bulls eye, Half a century, Hawaii five O
51. I love my mum
52. Weeks in a year, Pack ‘o cards
53. Stuck in the tree, The joker
54. Clean the floor
55. Snakes alive, All the fives
56. Was she worth it? (From the original price of a wedding contract)
57. Heinz varieties, All the beans
58. Make them wait, Choo choo Thomas
59. Brighton line (the London-Brighton engine was number 59)
60. Three score, Five dozen
61. Bakers bun
62. Tickety boo, Turn on the screw
63. Tickle me
64. The Beatles number, Red raw
65. Old age pension
66. Clickety click, All the sixes
67. Made in heaven
68. Saving grace
69. Either way up, The French connection
70. Three score and ten
71. Bang on the drum, Lucky one
72. A crutch and a duck, Par for the course (from golf)
73. Crutch with a flea, Lucky three
74. Candy store, Grandmamma of Bingo, Lucky four
75. Granddaddy of Bingo, Lucky five
76. Trombones, Lucky six
77. All the sevens, Two little crutches, The double hockey stick, Lucky seven
78. Heavens gate, Lucky eight
79. Lucky nine
80. Gandhi’s breakfast, Eight and blank
81. Fat lady and a little wee, Stop and run
82. Fat lady with a duck, Straight on through
83. Fat lady with a flea, Time for tea, Ethel’s Ear
84. Seven dozen
85. Staying alive
86. Between the sticks
87. Fat lady with a crutch
88. Two fat ladies, Wobbly wobbly, All the eights
89. Nearly there, All but one
90. Top of the shop, Top of the house, End of the line
Funny Bingo Calls
The whole point of playing bingo is to have a laugh (well it is for most of us!). So to introduce some funny bingo calls can only make the evening even more fun. Of course we all have a different idea of what’s funny. But that doesn’t matter here. If you as the bingo caller introduce some calls which no-one laughs at – no problem! It’s just another bingo call along with the others!
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When does a bingo call become a funny one?
So what is it that makes a funny bingo call? Anything new or clever can be funny. There’s nothing funny about ‘Jimmy Choo’. But it sounds so out of place in a supposedly traditional bingo game. The same with ‘charity run’ and ‘feng shui’ etc.
Celebrity names always create funny bingo calls – Andrea Corr, Gok Wan etc.
Many bingo calls aren’t funny until you explain them – Snow White’s number, Sherwood Forrest etc. It may be that you can stop and explain the meaning. Otherwise it can still be humorous to those ‘in the know’.
And of course there’s risqué – ‘getting plenty’ – right up to downright filth – ‘two can chew’. But – judge your audience! The funny bingo calls you use in the village bingo down the pub are not the same ones you can use at the Women’s Institute Coffee Morning!
Funny Bingo Calls
1 : Top of the Pops | Gok Wan
2 : in baby’s nappy | baby’s done it | Doctor Who
3 : Debbie McGee | I’m free (in your best ‘John Inman’ voice)
4 : Bobby Moore | teeth in a whore
7 : Beck’s back | David Beckham (not only nearly rhymes with ‘seven’ but is of course the number he plays in)
8 : one fat lady | Gareth Gates | Sexy Kate (Middleton or Moss?) | blind date
10 : Brad and Jen (Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston were an item when Butlins introduced this in 2004) | Stick your tongue up a hen
13 : treat ’em mean
15 : stroppy teen
17 : Posh and Becks (a stick thin Posh with her number seven playing husband) | the age to catch them
18 : knowing the entire contents of Heat magazine
19 : keep ’em keen
20 : getting plenty
21 : adult fun | my age
22 : Bishop Desmond (tutu)
24 : Pompey whore | did you score?
27 : chocolate heaven
30 : Dirty Gertie | flirty thirty | your face is dirty
31 : charity run | go on my son
32 : Jimmy Choo
33 : Sherwood Forrest (try saying ‘all the threes’ in an Irish accent) | text me
34 : dirty whore | flirty whore
37 : one night in heaven
39 : bikini line
40 : naughty forty
41 : time for fun | I’ve done your mum
42 : Pikachou
43 : down on your knees (for a traditional bingo call this seems quite extreme! Or was everyone more innocent then…….?)
44 : droopy drawers | Diana Dors | Aldershot Ladies (military slang – originally ‘Aldershot whores’) | on all fours
45 : bungee dive
48 : man / woman bait (your choice!)
Bingo Rhymes For Numbers
50 : Snow White’s number (must be followed by a rendition of ‘Five-oh five-oh its off to work we go…’)
51 : I love my mum
52 : chicken vindaloo
53 : feng shui
54 : Andrea Corr
55 : all the fives – Famous, Jackson and Renault
56 : down the Vic (a reference to Eastenders!)
57 : life expectancy of a Glaswegian
63 : après ski
66 : kinky tricks | clickety click – hip replacement
69 : a meal for two | a meal for two with a beautiful view | the French Connection | your place or mine? | two can chew | yum-yum
71 : J-Lo’s bum
72 : So Solid Crew
75 : on the skive
76 : laugh at my lisp
78 : lets procreate
80 : Gandhi’s breakfast | Ray Charles – blind 80
Bingo Number Calling Rhymes
81 : burger bun
83 : Ethel’s ear
84 : Dumbledore
Bingo Rhymes Song
87 : grandma’s gone to heaven
88 : two fat ladies
89 : mmmm ….. divine
The reasoning behind some of these funny bingo calls are in brackets. For the others check out Bingo Lingo for the call origin.
These funny bingo calls have been collected from several sources. Butlins introduced many in 2004. Anne Summers Bingo (no longer running) introduced some more. And a special thank you to Listopia – though some of their funny bingo calls were just TOO extreme!
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