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title: "TCB · GenZ Decoded"
description: "TCB: Taking care of business, meaning getting done what needs doing. Example: \"No time to talk this morning, I am TCB.\" Meaning and usage."
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# TCB

Boomer[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** Taking care of business, meaning getting done what needs doing.

See it in a sentence

No time to talk this morning, I am TCB.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [lock in](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/lock-in/),[locked in](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/locked-in/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [grind](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/grind/)

- Gen X

    [bust one's ass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bust-ones-ass/)

- Boomer · this one

    TCB,[balls to the wall](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/balls-to-the-wall/)

- Plain English

    taking care of business, meaning getting done what needs doing

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## Related slang

- [super](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/super/): An informal intensifier meaning very or extremely, often placed before an adjective.
- [swoop](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/swoop/): To pick someone up or give them a ride to where they need to go.
- [the game](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/the-game/): Life itself, seen as something to be navigated, hustled through, or won.
- [to the max](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/to-the-max/): Intensifier meaning extremely or very.

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