bosting
/ˈbɒstiŋ
/(also bostin /ˈbɒstin/)
adjective dialect
Very good; excellent: we had a bosting time...
- Regional dialects are as bostin, chuffed and made up as at any time in history, according to preliminary findings.
- We had a bostin' time.
- Doncaster suggested smart; Londoners buff; Midlanders bostin; and the Scots stoater.
Origin
1970s: probably a dialect pronunciation of bursting or busting.