B-town

English Alternative forms en B-Town Etymology Compare en A-Town, en D-Town, en K-Town. Proper noun B-town en Indian English slang The Bollywood movie industry. en 2012 James Lambert Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English World Englishes 302 https://benjamins.com/catalog/eww.33.3.03lam Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries. en 2016 978-1-315-65917-6 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tSkFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 Popular Hindi Cinema: Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen Jasmine Y. Damle Routledge 209 Indian studios provide media services to Western costumers, and foreign money has been poured into shared partnership studios working in the Mumbai film industry. ‘It’s Raining Dollars in B-Town’, trumpeted India Today India Today headlines, and international involvement has only increased. In 2008, Danny Boyle’s cinematic adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire was shot in Bombay’s Dharavi slum and attracted worldwide attention. en Canada colloquial Brampton city in Ontario. en 2016-06-14 Haz_Pundaz 742867316371787777 http://archive.today/sdzk2 2025-03-13 just hanging out with @22wiggins in #Brampton at #policarobmwgrandopening. Just another day in B-Town #nbacanada en 2020-06-11 brandongonez 1271202476293861382 http://archive.today/vvNDQ 2025-03-13 Hey #Brampton, thanks for all the love so many of you showed today.I meant to tweet this earlier but got busy. Many of u know I grew up in B-town so anytime I get a chance to report there, it really feels special. en 2024-04-05 Osobe Waberi Baddies in Brampton? A major reality TV series is coming to Canada and people have so many questions Now Toronto https://nowtoronto.com/culture/baddies-in-brampton-a-major-reality-tv-series-is-coming-to-canada/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240411072716/https://nowtoronto.com/culture/baddies-in-brampton-a-major-reality-tv-series-is-coming-to-canada/ The Baddies are coming to B-town? en informal US en Baltimore city state/Maryland c/USA. en Bollywood Nicknames for cities