B-town

Proper noun

B-town

1. (India, slang) The Bollywood movie industry.
   • Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302
   • 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 headlines, and international involvement has only increased. In 2008, Danny...2016, Jasmine Y. Damle, Popular Hindi Cinema: Aesthetic Formations of the Seen and Unseen, Routledge, →ISBN, page 209
2. (Canada, colloquial) Brampton (city in Ontario).
   • just hanging out with @22wiggins in #Brampton at #policarobmwgrandopening. Just another day in B-Town #nbacanada2016 June 14, @Haz_Pundaz, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025
   • 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.2020 June 11, @brandongonez, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025
3. (US, informal) Baltimore (a city in Maryland, United States).