A sell out. Somebody who comprimises their integrity, morality and principles for money. It is commonly associated with attempts to increase mass appeal or acceptability to mainstream society. A person who does this, as opposed to following the original path they laid out for themself, suffers immediate loss of respect. The term comes from the prime example; Banksy, the UK based graffiti artist who writes of anti-consumerism and then goes on to make himself one of the most commercially successful brand names in the art world.
Dave: "Hey Kev, you still into Green Day?"
Kev: "Hell no Dave, after their American Idiot Album they've gone a bit Banksy"
Dave: "True"
Kev: "Hell no Dave, after their American Idiot Album they've gone a bit Banksy"
Dave: "True"
by MCMXCV April 18, 2008
Get the Banksy mug.Abbreviation of banter.
A term used to justify hilarious yet completely inappropriate and unacceptably abusive behaviour between friends, usually males.
Typically used by British people, specifically the upper classes and teenagers.
A term used to justify hilarious yet completely inappropriate and unacceptably abusive behaviour between friends, usually males.
Typically used by British people, specifically the upper classes and teenagers.
Boy 1: ...he was completely out of it by midnight!
Boy 2: Oh, did you make sure he got home safely?
Boy 1: No, we stripped him naked, drew a massive dick on his back, shaved his pubes and left him in a cardboard box outside the police station, smiling and whistling the national anthem to himself.
Boy 2: Bants!!
Eton headmaster: You were representing our school on that debating trip chaps. We expected you to reflect its prestigious reputation as one of the most elite institutions in the country. Instead you trashed the hotel room, defaced the opposing school's minibus and were caught staggering around town in stolen tuxedos and party hats at 2am carrying a sheep. How on earth can you justify this?
Lad: It was mere bants sir.
Headmaster: Bants... as in banter? Very well then lads, off you go.
Boy 2: Oh, did you make sure he got home safely?
Boy 1: No, we stripped him naked, drew a massive dick on his back, shaved his pubes and left him in a cardboard box outside the police station, smiling and whistling the national anthem to himself.
Boy 2: Bants!!
Eton headmaster: You were representing our school on that debating trip chaps. We expected you to reflect its prestigious reputation as one of the most elite institutions in the country. Instead you trashed the hotel room, defaced the opposing school's minibus and were caught staggering around town in stolen tuxedos and party hats at 2am carrying a sheep. How on earth can you justify this?
Lad: It was mere bants sir.
Headmaster: Bants... as in banter? Very well then lads, off you go.
by LivingLifeMyWay March 11, 2012
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Engaging in the age old English tradition of bantering.
1. Fast paced witty exchanges, with tremendous japes had by all
2. General good times with clean fun and joviality
1. Fast paced witty exchanges, with tremendous japes had by all
2. General good times with clean fun and joviality
We were all down the pub, having the bants when Pete came over and bought us another round. Great bants!
by Bantersaurus Rex1 December 13, 2010
Get the having the bants mug.a follow-on term from the word bant. If someone is a bantsponge it means they are no fun, i.e. they are 'soaking up the bant'. yes its cheesy but we love it.
by sophie j June 16, 2008
Get the bantsponge mug.A shorter and more eclectic, all encompassing version of 'banter', which can be applied to almost any situation, meaning a period of recognised fun/good times.
-Lets go play some croquet for some top bants
-Oooh! Great bants!
-I'll give those bants about a 6 out of 7!
-This gossip makes for a lovely bit of bants!
-I'm so bored, can anyone think of some bants?
-Well those bants are crap
-Now that's the kind of bants I invest in!
-I'm suffering from bants withdrawal symptoms
-There's usually no bants involved in funerals, but we'll go anyway.
-Uh oh, bad bants!
-Oooh! Great bants!
-I'll give those bants about a 6 out of 7!
-This gossip makes for a lovely bit of bants!
-I'm so bored, can anyone think of some bants?
-Well those bants are crap
-Now that's the kind of bants I invest in!
-I'm suffering from bants withdrawal symptoms
-There's usually no bants involved in funerals, but we'll go anyway.
-Uh oh, bad bants!
by lame_enc July 22, 2009
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