Definition of back room

back room    

adjective

• away from public scrutiny. Usually in reference to business or political arrangements.

                                                                        
  
  Citation from "5 Minute Delay Scuttles Chance at $40 Billion Air Force Deal", Wired, Noah Shachtman, Aug 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: quiet, secret.

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

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Other terms relating to 'quiet, secret':
QT	Definitions include: "cutie."
on the DL	Definitions include: "on the down low", i.e. secret.
on the sly	Definitions include: secretive.
mum	Definitions include: mom aka "mother".
underground	Definitions include: secret.
DL, the	Definitions include: See on the DL.

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Other terms relating to 'back':
back	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
back *sswards	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
back at the ranch	Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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Other terms relating to 'room':
Big Blue Room, the	Definitions include: outdoors, during the day.
Big Room, the	Definitions include: outdoors.
boiler room	Definitions include: a room in which telemarketers make cold calls.
green room	Definitions include: a room where performers wait until their performance.
I wouldn't have that up my *ss if I had room for a saw mill.	Definitions include: a term used when observing something (an object, usually) that is completely objectionable or worthless.
little boy's room	Definitions include: the men's restroom.
little girl's room	Definitions include: women's restroom.
locker room talk	Definitions include: discussion using foul language, or of a sexual or otherwise offensive nature.
powder room	Definitions include: restroom.
Room 101	Definitions include: one's worse fear.
sh*t room	Definitions include: bathroom.
throne room	Definitions include: a room with a toilet; "bathroom".
wiggle room	Definitions include: flexibility.

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