Browsing page 23 of "B" words

noun

• in computing, an example or placeholder variable. Used in the same way as "foo" and "baz".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and baz is 3. That means foo + bar + baz = 6.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 16 2011.

noun

• barbecue.

  Watch the barbie for a minute, will you?

  Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  
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  • See more words with the same meaning: food and drink (related to).

  Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Mads on Jul 26 2003.

adverb

• very.

  Your mom is bare bun.

  She is bare pretty.

  • See more words with the same meaning: very, extremely, completely, in a grand way.

  Last edited on May 06 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 16 2011.

other

• "great" as in "large in number or quantity".

  I've got bare amounts of money.

  • See more words with the same meaning: many, much, lots.

  Last edited on Oct 16 2011. Submitted by Patrick M. from London, Greater London, UK on Nov 04 2001.

• lots of; many.

  There are bare people here tonight.

  There's bare people there.

  • See more words with the same meaning: many, much, lots.

  Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Polly from Westminster, London, UK on Aug 27 2005.

• much.

  I went to this party, there was bare bud going around.

  • See more words with the same meaning: many, much, lots.

  Last edited on Oct 16 2011. Submitted by oliver p. on Dec 28 2005.

adverb

• of sex, unprotected sex.

  She likes it bareback.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sex activities, practices, moves.

  Last edited on Mar 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

interjection

• exclamation of disgust.

  You hooked up with him? Like, barf!

  Ugh, it's Monday. Barf!

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

noun

• used as an example or placeholder variable, in the same way as "foo" and "bar".

  So let's say foo is 1, bar is 2, and barf is 3. foo + bar + barf = 6.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

noun - uncountable

• vomit.

  You got barf on your shoes.

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  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

verb - intransitive

• to vomit.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

  Last edited on Sep 14 1997. Submitted by JB C. from New York, NY, USA on Sep 14 1997.

• of software, to "crash" (fail) due to input that it doesn't handle properly, or cannot be handle at all. Usually implies that the program emits some spew of messages (or corrupt data) before terminating.

  The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0.

  It turns out it was barfing because I was loading the 32-bit version of the DLL into a 64-bit process.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.