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basic bottom line

expression

Meaning:
The simplest, most important truth in any situation — what it all really comes down to before anything else. It’s the raw core, the emotional or logical essence that stands before the usual bottom line, often hidden beneath layers of explanation, justification, or complexity.

Extra:
The basic bottom line comes before the bottom line — it's what everything else is built on.

Origin:
Popularized by Catalin Andrei Rajka, a Romanian creative and thinker known for concise expressions of complex thoughts.
"The basic bottom line? I started this because I needed to feel something again — all the rest came later."

"Before anything got complicated, the basic bottom line was just this: I missed her."

"Forget the strategy, the basic bottom line is — he couldn’t let go."
by Ondalin July 16, 2025
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Hot Line Dling

Hot Line Dling is the definition of eastern europe guys who want ding-ge-ling their balls sack into a hot tub full of macaroni with some special sauce made of pieces of hot shit(90c) and bacteria. It's usually used as a term of respect to a very hot woman who got spitted on. You spit on the hoe, slap the hoe and then do the what's so called 'Hot Line Dling'
"Jesus woman I'm going for the Hot Line Dling on yo azz"
"Damn bruh this gurl so tight ima Hot line Dling da shit outtah her"
"Thiss bitchh gott mee craaazzzyyy ima hot line dling her ass"
by Sassy Macaroni November 21, 2016
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line of business

a particular kind of product or merchandise;

a particular kind of commercial enterprise;
Participation in tender is in our line of business.

May I know what line of business you handle?

If I may correct you, we don't handle this line of business, actually.

In my line of business you can't afford to carry large stocks of goods which may soon be out of date.
by qiaogz August 16, 2009
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Crink Lines

Wrinkles with a specific sagginess to them. Defined and yet flaccid, a common feature of your local Gimp.
"Did you see Gimp the other day?"
"Yes, he had loads of Crink Lines"
by mr.tinkle June 4, 2021
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hot line blink

When the hot line blinks, it can only mean 1 thing .
by Dreaday March 16, 2016
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central line

Hey man did u hear Jared got mugged on the central line
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Red-line Editing

When one could care less about proof-reading something they have typed on the computer before submitting it and onlyscroll through to make sure no words are underlined in red.
Ex 1: I received a horrible grade on my midterm essay because I finished it so late at night, that I only had time to do some quick Red-Line editing

Ex 2: My teacher thinks I'm pretty stupid because I used "their" instead of "there", an unfortunate result from my habit of Red-Line editing.
by 18zgirl23 January 14, 2010
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