Definition of a bit bucket

bit bucket

noun

• the place where all deleted, lost, or misdirected data goes to.

  I emailed you my status update yesterday. It must have landed in the bit bucket.

  Please direct all flames to the bit bucket.

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

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

notes

• Also "the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky".

  Well, it looks like my thesis went to the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky.

  Last edited on Dec 15 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'bit':
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a tid bit nipply	Definitions include: of weather, cold, causing nipples to harden.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
bit	Definitions include: a joke from a comedy routine.
bit rot	Definitions include: a hypothetical disease that causes programs to run more poorly over time and causes documents to become corrupted.
chomp at the bit	Definitions include: to be eager.
fuzzy tid bits	Definitions include: testicles.
gender bits	Definitions include: genitals.
get a bit on the side	Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other.
hair of the dog that bit (one)	Definitions include: a drink of alcohol in the morning - of the same type one was drinking the previous night - to ward off or stop a hangover.
it's a bit black over Bill's Mother's	Definitions include: Threatening rain.
look like (one) bit into a sh*tburger	Definitions include: angry, looks bad, pissed, annoyed, unusual looking.
naughty bits	Definitions include: genitals.
two-bit	Definitions include: insignificant.
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Other terms relating to 'bucket':
brain bucket	Definitions include: a protective helmet, often used by skaters.
bucket	Definitions include: a vehicle in poor condition; "hooptie".
bucket list	Definitions include: a list of things a person wants to do before they "kick the bucket" (i.e. die.)
bucket of worms	Definitions include: loose, and nasty.
drop in the bucket	Definitions include: something with little effect because - compared to everything else - it's very small.
dumber than a bucket of hammers	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
dumber than a coal bucket	Definitions include: very quiet.
kick the bucket	Definitions include: to die.
scum-bucket	Definitions include: a bad person.
scuzz-bucket	Definitions include: dirty or worthless person.
sluntbucket	Definitions include: an extreme slunt.
sluntbucketry	Definitions include: The craft and practice of being a slunt.
sl*t bucket	Definitions include: a tremendous slut.
spunk bucket	Definitions include: a female used solely for sex.
thirst bucket	Definitions include: a person who is overly eager or anxious.

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