Has anyone said ball busting at work?
What does it mean to you ?

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No but it means to give someone a hard time about something.

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You are busting someone’s balls if you’re making fun of them for something obvious because it’s an obvious joke and not because you don’t like them

Male who did not understand the genre until I was like 29

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