diff --git a/plugins/util/ircformat.py b/plugins/util/ircformat.py
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+++ b/plugins/util/ircformat.py
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+def bb(format_string):
+    rep = {'[b]':'\x02',
+    '[White]':'\x030',
+    '[Black]':'\x031',
+    '[dBlue]':'\x032',
+    '[dGreen]':'\x033',
+    '[dRed]':'\x034',
+    '[Brown]':'\x035',
+    '[Purple]':'\x036',
+    '[Gold]':'\x037',
+    'Yellow':'\x038',
+    '[Green]':'\x039',
+    '[Cyan]':'\x0310',
+    '[lBlue]':'\x0311',
+    '[Blue]':'\x0312',
+    '[Pink]':'\x0313',
+    '[Gray]':'\x0314',
+    '[lGray]':'\x0315',}
+    for x in rep:
+        format_string = format_string.replace(x,rep[x])
+    return format_string