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noun

• A vacuous twit whose life experience resulted in no intellectual growth whatsoever; whose self-image was formed by sycophants and servants; whose accomplishments were achieved solely by the labors of others; whose wealth was "won" by the blind luck of one sperm accidentally finding a soft-shelled ovum.
  
  "Dubya is the poster-boy for heirheads, owing his position to fraud, widespread cheating, destroyed court records, and investors knowing how to profit from misery and death."

  Last edited on Dec 16 2015. Submitted by TahitiNut on Dec 16 2015.

noun

• in computing, a bug that disappears or changes its behavior when an attempt is found to locate its source or to generally investigate it.
  
  This is an actual occurrence, since tools such as debuggers do change a program's behavior. Even "innocuous" techniques such emitting debugging output to a console changes the runtime of programs and can affect timing-related issues.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

origin

• From "Heisenberg" + "bug". A reference to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in quantum physics.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• Rejection of a request or an advance, most commonly in the romantic context. Derived from the stiff-arm pose portrayed by the college football Heisman Trophy.

  I asked her for her number but she gave me the Heisman.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to reject, ignore.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by J.P. Xenakis from Red Bank, NJ, USA on Feb 03 2003.

• An event that signifies rejection from the opposite sex. The Heisman' relates to college football's Heisman trophy that shows a football player with his arm extended in a stiff arm position.

  Joe was trying to get Kim's phone number and got the Heisman.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to reject, ignore.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by JT from Naples, FL, USA on Nov 20 2007.

• A Googler term originating from a Noogler who joined Jan 2020 as the Google Cloud symbol for the Heisman hand. Symbolizes "oh no you didn't try to pin that elapsed SLO on me".

  Last edited on Mar 02 2020. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 02 2020.

• to steal or swindle something from someone.

  He heisted that convenience store.

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

  Last edited on Aug 22 2002. Submitted by Sherri D. from Pittsburgh, PA, USA on Aug 22 2002.

verb

• When a male has his pants off and is performing the helecopter and climaxing at the same time producing a globe on his targets.

  Last edited on Jul 07 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 07 2014.

noun

• an over-attentive parent. One who hovers over their child as a helicopter hovers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting", Time, Nancy Gibbs, Nov. 20, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: father, dad, daddy, dada, dadda.

  Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 18 2010.

interjection

• general exclamation, usually (but not always) conveying displeasure.

  Oh, hell, not again.

  Person A: What movie should we go see?
  
  Person B: Hell, I don't know.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "Doubt", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 07 2010.

noun

• an extremely unpleasant place to be.

  My job is hell.

  Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 07 2010.

notes

• See the "Slang terms with the same root words" section below for more expressions containing the word "hell".

  Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 07 2010.