buy the rumor, sell the news
One should purchase assets based on unconfirmed speculation or anticipation of positive developments, then sell upon official confirmation.
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Where will you be? Anywhere UK & IrelandUnited StatesOnline slangBusiness jargon
Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
buy the same horse twice
(in a negotiation) To trade or make concessions for something that has already been agreed upon.
buy wolf tickets
To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
buying temperature
A woman's level of attraction and responsiveness to a potential suitor.
buzz about
To run around or scurry around.
buzz in
To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
buzz up
To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.
buzzard
In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
buzzard bait
Dead meat; a corpse.
buzzed
Slightly intoxicated.
buzzer
A police badge.
buzzie
A hand-held pneumatic drill used in mining.
buzzin' dozen
The Detroit Diesel 12V71, 12V92, or 12V149 engine.
buzzkiller
Synonym of buzzkill.
buzzsaw
Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
BW
Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.
BW2
Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
bwahaha
Alternative form of muahahaha.
bwana
Big boss, important person.
BWC
Initialism of big white cock.
by-blow
An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.
bye, Felicia
Used as an abrupt sarcastic dismissal of somebody who is present.
byler
The ship (romantic pairing) of characters William "Will" Byers and Michael "Mike" Wheeler from the television series Stranger Things.
bytesexual
Capable of operating in either big-endian or little-endian mode.
'bacco
tobacco
b-ball
basketball
b-flat
A bedbug.
b-girl
A bargirl.
baby gravy
Semen.
baby juice
Semen.
baby powder
Cocaine.
baby-catcher
An obstetrician.
baccy
Tobacco.
bach
A bachelor.
back alley
The anus.
back-butt
Buttocks.
backdoor trots
Diarrhea.
backgate
The anus.
bag of mystery
A sausage.
bags
Trousers.
baked bean
The queen.
bald-headed hermit
The penis.
ballache
A nuisance.
ballistic
Very angry.
balljuice
Semen.
baloney
Nonsense.
baloney pony
The penis.
bammy
Crazy.
banana oil
Nonsense.
bangability
fuckability
baniak
A fool.
banoodles
Crazy.
Barclays Bank
A wank.
barking iron
A pistol.
Barney Rubble
Trouble.
base off of
To base on.
base upon
To base on.
bassy
A knife.
bat around
To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
batten down
To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.
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