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Beeb

Pronunciation: /biːb/

The English word “Beeb” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The BBC.

noun

  1. A BBC Micro (British home computer).

Etymology

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.

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