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biggie

[ big-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Slang.

an important, influential, or prominent person; big shot; bigwig.
something that is very large, important, impressive, or successful:
a merger of two corporate biggies;
a movie that was this year's box-office biggie.

Origin of biggie¹

First recorded in 1930–35; big ¹ + -ie

Metalworking, which is a biggie in Birmingham [several members worked for British Steel before joining], was even worse.

There is no character named Tupac, nor is there a Suge, a Dre, a Snoop, an Afeni, or a Biggie.

“Some people view it all as bad,” he says, giving another “no biggie” shrug.

If Biggie or any of those people said that I feel like it would be used all the time as a common thing.

This music video for the late Brooklyn rapper has a fun conceit: kids playing Biggie and his crew.

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