"This pizza is bussin." Translation: the pizza is extremely good. Bussin is slang for excellent, usually about food. It comes from African American Vernacular English, possibly from "busting" as in bursting with flavor. It spread through TikTok in 2020. Suddenly everyone was saying it. It became a meme. It became cringe. It is still used, but with irony.

The word is an adjective. It does not conjugate. "That was bussin." "That is bussin." It is almost always positive. You do not say "bussin" about something bad. It is also used for non-food things, but rarely. A song can be bussin. A party can be bussin. But the core use is taste. It is a mouth word.

Related slang

• Fire: excellent, similar.
• Slaps: excellent, usually about music.
• Banging: excellent, usually about food.
• Litty: exciting, about parties.

Bussin is not for formal settings. It is for friends, for food trucks, for late-night snacks. It is a word that sounds like what it means. It is quick, warm, and a little silly. It has a short shelf life. But for now, it is still on the menu.