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"None of YOUR Business!" and "Mind your own business" is a common English
saying which asks for a respect of privacy. It is often shortened, even aloud,
to MYOB.
The Fugio cent
On 21 April 1787, the Continental Congress of the United States authorized a
design for an official penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its
image of the sun shining down on a sundial with the caption, "Fugio" (Latin: I
flee). The image and the word combine to mean "Time Flees". This coin was
reportedly designed by Benjamin Franklin, and as a reminder to its holders, he
put at its bottom the message, "Mind Your Business". This design had also been
used on the "Continental dollar" in February of 1776. Some historians believe
that the word "business" was intended literally here, as Franklin was an
influential and successful businessman. However, considering the full saying of
"mind your own business," which would not have fit on the coin, it can just as
easily be interpreted as a statement of privacy.
In the 1930s, a slang version rendered the saying as "Mind your own beeswax".
Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women
would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together, but this has no basis in
fact. In the classic science fiction story The Great Explosion, Eric Frank
Russell shortened "Mind Your Own Business" to "MYOB" or "Myob!"
Also in addition, Mind your own business does mean "Stop meddling in what does
not concern you. Attend your own affairs." It's not polite to tell people what
to do when you are not responsible for other people.
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