# none of your beeswax

> English word · Phrase

## Definitions
1. A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.

## Etymology
Alteration of none of your business. From the historical use of beeswax to cover up blemishes.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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