Definition of pointy-haired boss
pointy-haired boss
noun
- 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: business (related to).
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2011.
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- This term is acronymized as "PHB".
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 15 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a person who always agrees with superiors. | |
| Definitions include: to hit. | |
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| Definitions include: "co-worker". | |
| Definitions include: to offer a promotion in a job or position in life. | |
| Definitions include: "I see". | |
| Definitions include: to start one's work shift. | |
| Definitions include: to upper management. | |
| Definitions include: a residence or work place. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day. | |
| Definitions include: to go free from a criminal charge. | |
| Definitions include: the corporate headquarters of a business, or a person or group representing the corporate headquarters. | |
| Definitions include: clothing | |
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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: acronym for "pointy-haired boss". | |
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: acronym for "pointy-haired boss". | |
| Definitions include: From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip. | |
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