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Telegraph style book: Bb

B baby boomers: People born 1945–1964. Boomers only in features/comment articles back benches, backbenchers, back-bench (adj) bacteria: Plural form of bacterium Badenoch: Kemi is Mrs Badenoch at second mention, not Ms Bafta: never BAFTA bale/bail: Bale is something made of hay; bail is on a set of cricket stumps or a surety. Bail out is the verbal form. Bailout acceptable when referring to finance balls: Unless a ball has an adjective before it (May ball, hunt ball etc), the plural is 'dances' BAME: Avoid unless in quotes or in direct reference to reports. Always spell out (black, Asian and minority ethnic) banister Bangalore: Do not use except in historical contexts. It is now called Bengaluru Bank of England: The Bank at second mention bank holiday: Lower case Bannister, Sir Roger barbecue: Not barbeque or BBQ Barclays Bank Barnardo's: Note the apostrophe baronets: Sir John Smith, Bt, when necessary to distinguish from a knight. Baronets are not knights battles: Specific ones are capped – Battle of Hastings, Battle of Britain battleships: Use only in historical context. Use warships otherwise baulk: Not balk BBC style: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra; but BBC 6 Music and 1Xtra, CBeebies BC: Follows dates Beckham, Sir David: His wife is Lady Beckham in news copy; Victoria Beckham in fashion/professional contexts Beck's beer begging the question: A specific logical fallacy involving founding a conclusion on a basis that itself needs to be proved. It does not mean avoiding a question or inviting a question Belarus, Belarusian benefited: One T Beretta: The gun – not to be confused with biretta Berwick-upon-Tweed between: for when things are shared between two people 'He divided the money between his two children' see among Beverly Hills / Beverley (East Yorks) / Beverley Knight Bible: Cap unless figurative ('his bible'). Biblical is lower case Biblical references: e.g. Genesis 1:1, Matthew 3:2 bi- (prefix): Use bimonthly, biweekly, biannual with caution; the meanings are often unclear bid: Use only in context of auctions, finance, football transfers, Olympic bids, bridge biennial: Once every two years biannual: Twice a year big tech, big five etc: lower case billion: A thousand million. Abbreviate to bn for money (£10bn) but not for other things (10 billion people) bin Laden, Osama Birds Eye: Frozen food brand (no apostrophe) biretta: A priest's headgear. Not to be confused with Beretta the gunmaker Biro: A trademark Bitcoin: Capitalised black: Preferred term for African-Caribbean ethnicity. Capitalise only in organisation names Blanchett, Cate blizzard: Use only when wind speed is at least 35mph bloc: Lower case, as in 'Eastern bloc'; from French. Also bloc vote blond/blonde: Blond for men, blonde for women Blumenthal, Heston Blu-Tack BMJ: Abbreviation of British Medical Journal. Full name no longer used Boudicca: Not Boadicea Bonhams: Auctioneers Bonham Carter, Helena: And others – no hyphen bon viveur: Incorrect French; use bon vivant. A woman is a bonne vivante border: Between Scotland and England is lc born of: Not born out of Botox: Botulinum toxin bottle bank Bournville: No middle e bouquet: Adding 'of flowers' is tautological Boy's Own Paper Brands Hatch: No apostrophe brave: Use for courageous acts, not for illness Brexit: Capped, as are Leave and Remain. Withdrawal agreement lower case unless referring to the Bill brilliant: Use carefully. Describes dazzling objects or intellectual distinction, not just anything good British/UK: Avoid unnecessary repetition. Assumed in most stories Bros: Only in company names. No full point. Tech bros only in features brussels sprouts BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy (lc) BTec bubbly: Hackneyed as description of a lively woman; vulgar as drink name Buck's fizz: The drink – apostrophe included. No apostrophe for the pop group Budget: Capped when referring to the Chancellor's statement. Lower case for company/local authority budgets budget airline: Avoid. Use low-cost airline bumf: NOT bumph. (Derived from bum-fodder) bungee jumping bureaus: Not bureaux Burka: Not burqa Burns Night: No apostrophe bussed, bussing: Try to avoid. Prefer taken by bus bus stop Bush, George W / George HW / George Bush Sr Butlins: No apostrophe buyout: Noun buy out: Verb buzzwords by-election: Hyphenated