See also: SRS BSNS

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of serious business.

Noun

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srs bsns (uncountable)

  1. (Internet slang) Something that is serious, important, formidable, etc., or is treated as such.
    • 2008 July 4, Jens Tingleff, “Re: YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom”, in alt.religion.scientology[1] (Usenet):
      (insert rant about how data protection is srs bsns and how Europe is trying to do the right thing and how the US is doing the wrong thing.)
    • 2008 August 19, Jonathon Barbera, “Re: When are the UFOs coming down for the UFO Cult?”, in alt.religion.scientology[2] (Usenet):
      Really? Are space-faring ghosts "srs bsns" to people like yourself?
    • 2013, R. Cooper, A Boy and His Dragon[3], Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN:
      Treasure really was, in his sister's words, srs bsns, to dragons.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:srs bsns.