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true business

1) Well said
2) Exactly what I was thinking
3) I wholeheartedly agree

Derives from the compound TRUE+WORK in American Sign Language which could be translated as "legitimately" or "actually."

"True business" is most commonly used by hearing ASL students and interpreters.

alternative: true biz
a: This vlog is so controversial!
b: True business.

a: This pizza is delicious!
b: True biz.
by saltspill November 4, 2010
mugGet the true businessmug.

business babble

Language used only in the business world, to add verisimilitude to an otherwise spurious argument.
Bottom’s contribution at the managers meeting was pure business babble: “Only if we focus on our core competencies can be hope to appear impactful to our competitors.”
by Bottom Ford May 2, 2010
mugGet the business babblemug.

Business Associate

Robin won't be seeing her business associate this month on account of Ramadan.
by pat5220 September 7, 2009
mugGet the Business Associatemug.

Da Business

From Oakland, CA once again. This phrase means to a number of things. 1) To Beat someone up. 2)To tell somebody off. 3) To have sex.
Dude over there stepped to me out side and I gave him Da Business
by The Sensei May 13, 2005
mugGet the Da Businessmug.

Business Call

A nice way to say "Booty Call" when others are listening.
"Dude, she is business call material now!"
by kalmone October 19, 2007
mugGet the Business Callmug.

Mr. Business

The one who is best friends with the one who wins, the Video Game Boy
20's radio show: It's the Video Game Boy and Mr. Business!
by Gamu Grumpu November 22, 2018
mugGet the Mr. Businessmug.

stupid-busy

Applies particularly to retail work. When the store is so busy that both the customers and the employees seem to lose intelligence aka "get stupider." This makes work that much more difficult and thus seem more busy.
The store got stupid-busy today; nobody had a clue what was happening.
by Roy Killington May 16, 2011
mugGet the stupid-busymug.

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