# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/721 "2016-12-05T02:26:09Z")
BH: butch ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/722 "2016-12-05T02:54:50Z")
BI: Bugatti ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/723 "2016-12-05T03:31:14Z")
BJ = Bolshoj variant spelling of Bolshoi ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/724 "2016-12-05T04:26:28Z")
BK - backpack ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/725 "2016-12-05T04:35:30Z")
BL = beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/726 "2016-12-05T04:38:23Z")
BM - bosom ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/727 "2016-12-05T11:50:13Z")
BN - bacon ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/728 "2016-12-05T11:51:04Z")
BO - burro ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/729 "2016-12-05T12:28:17Z")
BP-blimp ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/730 "2016-12-05T12:30:42Z")
BQ = Boq a minor character in _The Wizard of Oz_, given more of a part in Maguire’s _Wicked_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/731 "2016-12-05T13:28:20Z")
BR- beaker ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/732 "2016-12-05T13:42:18Z")
BS = beakers ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/733 "2016-12-05T13:52:17Z")
BT: breast ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/734 "2016-12-05T14:18:10Z")
BU - bayou ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/735 "2016-12-05T15:41:12Z")
delete (evidently rules changed) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/736 "2016-12-05T16:25:13Z")
I don’t think the rule “changed” – it has always been to give priority to a poster who can think of a dictionary word, as opposed to one that is not. My recent comment was addressed particularity to “Arkansas”, when every noun and verb in English has an form that ends with S. If you want to use, say, BV = Brezhnev, allow an hour or so for someone to think of a dictionary word. Not a rule, just a suggestion to preserve the spirit of the exercise. In your case, you allowed an hour and a half after BU= bayou, so Brezhnev would have been OK. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/737 "2016-12-05T16:36:42Z")
BV: bruv ([slang for brother](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bruv)) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/738 "2016-12-05T16:41:46Z")
BW = borrow ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/739 "2016-12-05T20:58:22Z")
BX - box ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/740 "2016-12-05T21:37:15Z")
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