In with bingo calls about oat milk, body positivity and cancel culture – all washed down with a shot of tequila.Ī quick Google search will show you just how huge (and diverse) the UK market has become today: there’s drag bingo, hip hop lip-sync bingo, musical-themed bingo, Tokyo-themed bingo and bottomless-brunch bingo, to name but a few.
Out with ‘two fat ladies’ and ‘legs eleven’. Once conjuring up visions of dabber pens, swirly patterned carpets and sour-eyed OAPs, the game has had a zillennial makeover in recent years. A new breed of bingo game has taken the UK by storm, with the lingo being updated for a new audience too. But it’s also just about uncool enough for it to somehow actually be cool – so long as it’s played ironically, that is.
It’s updating-your-Facebook-status-with-a-photo-of-avocado-on-toast uncool. It’s laugh-cry-emoji and skinny-jeans uncool.
