B-side

American  

noun

1. flip side.

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B-side British  

noun

1. Also called: flip side.  the less important side of a gramophone record

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Etymology

Origin of B-side

First recorded in 1945–50; from B on a record label

Example Sentences

Opening the special was Nickelodeon icon and “Double Dare” host Marc Summers, reading the traditional Hanukkah story and sharing the screen with “Weinerville’s” most famous character, Boney, a skeletal dinosaur who was the angry ornery B-side to the then-famous purple dinosaur Barney.

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In a previous interview, you said that “With All Due Respect” is the first part of a two-part album and that you’re planning to release a B-side.

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Honorary mention: If you prefer a tambourine to a synth, try “Lover” B-side “Paper Rings,” perhaps more suitable for kick-stepping than spinning but nonetheless another “Opalite” lookalike.

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While this alleged Charli XCX diss track may be more scathing than usual for Swift, the singer is no stranger to shade, as evidenced in “Reputation” B-side “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” — a perfect pairing for “Actually Romantic.”

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“Growing up in the ’80s, there were a lot of British bands like China Crisis or the Teardrop Explodes that had a massive hit, but on the B-side did more experimental stuff,” explains Wiggs.

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