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.
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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)':
FWIW	Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth".
TYSM	Definitions include: acronym for "thank you so much".
RSN	Definitions include: acronym for "real soon now."
HT	Definitions include: acronym for "heard through".
backronym	Definitions include: a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym.
pip	Definitions include: a person who acts like they know everything but actually knows nothing.
FYL	Definitions include: acronym for "fuck your life".
B.A	Definitions include: acronym of "bad-ass."
TTMB	Definitions include: acronym for "talk to me, babe."
HAND	Definitions include: acronym for "Have a nice day."
MOPS	Definitions include: acronym for "mothers of preschoolers".
DTR	Definitions include: acronym for "define the relationship".
TCBO	Definitions include: Acronym for "Take Care (of) Busting Out."
DFTBA	Definitions include: acronym for "don't forget to be awesome".
ppls	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people's", used in electronic communication.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
srsly	Definitions include: "seriously."
splash screen	Definitions include: a window that appears when a computer program is started, but before its main interface is displayed.
eyeball	Definitions include: to stare at.
wart	Definitions include: a small piece of a design that doesn't work as well as the rest of the design.
nuke	Definitions include: to cook something in the microwave.
egosurf	Definitions include: to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego.
SMH	Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my head".
die horribly	Definitions include: to fail in a grand way.
AB	Definitions include: acronym for "adult baby".
IWTFIL	Definitions include: acronym for "I want to fall in love".
ad-hockery	Definitions include: one-off solutions that deal with some special case, rather than a more all-encompassing solution.
time sink	Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time.
architecture astronaut	Definitions include: a person who over-designs technical solutions, especially related to programming.
TBH	Definitions include: "to be honest".
NLT	Definitions include: acronym for "no later than".
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Other terms relating to 'boss':
boss	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
boss game	Definitions include: boss game.
*boss ngger**	Definitions include: a justified self-important person, for a good or bad reason.
like a boss	Definitions include: impressively.
pointy-haired boss	Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters.
Other terms relating to 'hair':
bad hair day	Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good.
be in (one's) hair	Definitions include: to bother someone.
blue-hair	Definitions include: an elderly person.
butt hair	Definitions include: a measure of very minute distance.
c hair	Definitions include: a cunt hair.
*cnt hair**	Definitions include: a very small amount - about the distance represented by the thickness of a female pubic hair.
eat hair pie	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
finer than frog hair	Definitions include: extremely attractive.
finer than frog's hair	Definitions include: has to do with a very fine filament.
get a wild hair	Definitions include: to get a wild impulse.
get out of (one's) hair	Definitions include: to leave.
hair band	Definitions include: a glam metal band.
hair burger	Definitions include: the vulva, especially if unshaven.
hair farmer	Definitions include: a person who grows their hair long out of laziness, or a repressed sense of social rebellion.
hair of the dog	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':
pointy-haired	Definitions include: From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip.
pointy-haired boss	Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters.