RBS
n.— «The advantage to being an RBS, or Real Bearded Santa as it’s called in the industry, was clear. The men looked like, well, they looked like the real deal.» —“Jolly bunch goes extra mile for job” by Rosalind Bentley Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Aug. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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