Bingo ball names explained

Many of the terms used in bingo are simply based upon rhyming slang similar to the kind used by Cockney's in the East End of London England. For example, "Heaven's Gate" is 78, simple as that. You can make up your own if you like and there are many variations used around different bingo halls.Equally simple to understand are the bingo terms based upon the shape of the numbers. For example 8 looks like a fat lady, hence 88 is "Two Fat ladies". Equally, 2 looks like the neck of a swan, so 22 is "Two Little Ducks", 7 is a little crutch, 3 is a flea and so on. Mixing two numbers you end up with things like 87 - "Fat Lady on Crutches"! Some of the other bingo sayings have these number shapes at their root, you just need to work backwards, for example, "Wobbly Wobbly" is 88...which is also "Two Fat Ladies"