bussin'

adjective

bus·​sin' ˈbə-sən 

variants or bussin

African American English slang

: extremely good : excellent

"Becoming a leader now, and showing the younger people what to do is bussin' really. People really look up to me …"

—Keyon Turner, quoted at valpotorch.com

This Medicare for All bill is … bussin bruh. …

—Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL), on Twitter

especially : delicious, tasty

Those McDonald's fries do be bussin', though.

—Michael Harriot

The Eggroll Boyz space will feature neon signs with the restaurant's slogan "Good food, good vibes, good service" and "Bussin, bussin," …

—Yvonne Zusel

Word History

Etymology

probably variant (by cluster simplification and replacement of -ing entry 3 by the variant -in) of busting, present participle of bust entry 2

Note: For the semantic shift smashing may be comparable.

First Known Use

circa 2006, in the meaning defined above