# bingo card

CEFR B2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/bingo-card
Updated: 2026-08-14

## Definition

A list of things you predict will happen or see in a specific situation, often made for fun. The phrase comes from the game of bingo, where you mark numbers on a card as they are called out.

For teachers: Literally, a card with a grid of numbers for playing the game of bingo; more commonly, an informal, metaphorical list of predicted or clichéd events for a specific context.

## Examples

- My meeting bingo card has 'let's circle back' in the middle.
- Journalists shared their 'keynote bingo card' of expected product reveals and corporate buzzwords before the big announcement.
- The critic's review read less like a serious analysis and more like a completed bingo card of cinematic tropes, from the predictable plot twist to the clichéd final monologue.

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