Etymology

beghilos

B3E1G2H4I1L1O1S1

Today it means: The alphabet consisting of the letters that can be spelled out when a traditional calculator screen is viewed upside down. Full definition →

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Derived from the letters available on an upside-down calculator screen, those letters being: 'b', 'e', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'l', 'o', 's' and 'z'.

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