A fork of Rural Dictionary
(adj.) Good, the best, high quality. A deliberate mispronounciation of business
These new threads are the bee knee's.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the origin of "bee's knees". It is a slang homophone for "business" started around the Roaring '20s. Saying something was the business meant it was the real deal and of high quality. See business definition #4, #9, #12, etc.: "top quality. a perfect 10. met to standard."
Dude, that kickflip you just did was bee's knees. Dude, that kickflip you just did was business. same deal.
Bee's knees means the best, as bees carry pollen in little baskets located on its midsegments of their legs. In Cockney rhyming slang it is said to mean "business"
A: "How did your exams go?" B: "I'm the bee's knees"
the bee's knees, Older Slang . (especially in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous:
His new roadster is simply the bee's knees.
An expression from the 20s meaning an extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate.
You're such a wonderful person! You really are the bee's knees.
1. The best/really good 2. Another way of saying business. (it kinda rhymes)
1. Hey, how was that beef jerkey? It was the bee's knees. 2. Wuz crackin' Gs? And how is the bee's knees?