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Chopping Onions 

Busy, or otherwise overwhelmed with work.

Originally used in Northeastern culinary institutions, made its way into corporate lingo late 2012.
John was chopping onions trying to get his management reports done and fix the broken copier.

When Sam asked John if he could do him a favor, John responded "Sorry, I can't, I'm chopping onions this morning!"
Chopping Onions by TabbyDabby April 1, 2013

chopping onions 

Chris Graves says to Tom Brown and Bobby Harmon. "Hey, you got me chopping onions heeya"

chopping onions 

What people do when they watch videos like the deaf girl who could hear for the first time.
"Oh my god, it's so beautiful. You know, chopping onions and all."

Chopping Onions 

A term typically used by youtubers to describe the action of hating on or negativley talking about the shitlord that is Onision or the onion man.
person 1: Hey did you see Strange ÆONS video about Chopping onions?

person 2: wtf how did you get into my house
Chopping Onions by flatbear December 27, 2019