[Ads-l] BCT

Benjamin M Brainard brainard at UGA.EDU
Sun Apr 3 15:55:06 UTC 2022


Bacon/cheese/tomato?

The TCB obviously being bacon/peanut butter/banana

...ben

> On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> [EXTERNAL SENDER - PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY]
> 
> 
> A current Kraft Singles commercial uses without much context the word
> "BCT'in'." I've listened carefully a number of times.
> 
> Is this a real expression, or just someone's misconstrual of the decades-
> old "TCB'in'" ("taking care of business").
> 
> If the latter - shame! shame!
> 
> JL
> 
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org


More information about the Ads-l mailing list