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Buster Cooper (1929–2016), American jazz trombonist; Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, soul and blues musician; Buster Harding (1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger; Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2 and Buster & Bill; Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of singer David Johansen (born 1950)
Buster – someone full of fun and mischief. (Originally a variant of "burster", but later influenced (and reanalysed) separately by/as "bust" + -er. The combining form of the term has appeared from the early 20th century but been especially prolific since the 1940s, owing to its appearance as military slang).
Bonkbuster (a play on "blockbuster" and the verb "to bonk") is a term coined in 1989 by British writer Sue Limb to describe a subgenre of commercial romance novels in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as their subsequent miniseries adaptations.
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), ... Buster Brown UPS truck. Cab-over:
The term fell out of usage in the aftermath of World War II but was revived in 1948 by Variety in an article about big budget films. By the early 1950s the term had become standardised within the film industry and the trade press to denote a film that was large in spectacle, scale and cost, that would go on to achieve a high gross.
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
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Buster – radio-telephony code phrase for 'maximum throttle' or full power climb. Cab rank – an airborne patrol of fighter-bombers near a combat zone which could be called upon to attack specific targets as necessary. [1] Channel Stop – air operations intended to stop enemy shipping passing through the Straits of Dover. [1]