Big Blue

Big Blue

A nickname for the computer company IBM. Let's sell these shares—Big Blue isn't making much money these days. Ah, it's just another commercial for Big Blue. What's their latest computer innovation?
See also: big, blue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

big blue

n. the stock of International Business Machines or the company itself. (see also (I-)beam.) Big blue led the market lower again today.
See also: big, blue
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • big board
  • Big D
  • big-D
  • make big
  • make it big
  • do something in a big/small way
  • in a big way
  • the big C
  • big-C
  • big C
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