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General Slang
BCGs
BEE-SEE-JEEZ · noun · slang
Birth Control Glasses — hideous military-issue eyeglasses.
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'Birth Control Glasses,' the thick-framed, unflattering standard-issue eyeglasses once given to recruits, so ugly they supposedly guaranteed the wearer no romance.
“They issued me BCGs at basic and I hid them the second I could.”
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BCGs In A Sentence
They issued me BCGs at basic and I hid them the second I could.
Origin & Usage
US military slang, a joke about the glasses' appearance.
People Also Ask
What does BCGs stand for?
'Birth Control Glasses' — the thick-framed, unflattering standard-issue eyeglasses handed to recruits.
Why are they called Birth Control Glasses?
It's a self-deprecating joke: the frames are supposedly so ugly they guarantee the wearer no romance, hence 'birth control.'
Is calling them BCGs offensive?
No — it's an affectionate, humorous term used by service members themselves about their own issued glasses.
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