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Definition of PHB
PHB 
noun
- acronym for "pointy-haired boss". A boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip.
- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: "I see you pee", i.e. "I see you urinate". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "hit me up". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "off-topic". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "intuitively obvious to the most casual observer." | |
| Definitions include: "what's". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for mother fucker. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "to the best of my knowledge." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "take care [of] business." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for Butt-Fuck, Egypt. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not in my backyard." | |
| Definitions include: "Hell's Angels". | |
| Definitions include: "never mind". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dirtbag index", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get the fuck out", an expression of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: an elderly person. Acronym of "fucking old person." | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between keyboard and chair". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "my face when". | |
| Definitions include: "later gator". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in my, not so humble opinion". | |
| Definitions include: idiot. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "way TMI", i.e. "way too much information". | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of message". | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: the real world, as opposed to the "virtual" world of computers, also known as cyberspace. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it". | |
| Definitions include: see ASLR. | |
| Definitions include: "screenshot". | |
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Other terms relating to 'boss': | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: boss game. | |
| Definitions include: a justified self-important person, for a good or bad reason. | |
| Definitions include: impressively. | |
| Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. | |
Other terms relating to 'hair': | |
| Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good. | |
| Definitions include: to bother someone. | |
| Definitions include: an elderly person. | |
| Definitions include: a measure of very minute distance. | |
| Definitions include: a cunt hair. | |
| Definitions include: a very small amount, about the distance represented by the thickness of a female pubic hair. | |
| Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus. | |
| Definitions include: extremely attractive. | |
| Definitions include: has to do with a very fine filament. | |
| Definitions include: to get a wild impulse. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: a glam metal band. | |
| Definitions include: the vulva, especially if unshaven. | |
| Definitions include: a person who grows their hair long out of laziness, or a repressed sense of social rebellion. | |
| 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. | |
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Other terms relating to 'pointy': | |
| Definitions include: From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip. | |
| Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. | |
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