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bogosity
noun - uncountable
- the level to which something is bogus.
Bogosity is measured in bogons, using a bogometer.The bogosity level of this marketing presentation is pretty high.
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Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Bollywood 
noun - uncountable
- the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. From "Bombay" (the former name of Mumbai) + "Hollywood".
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Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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bondage and discipline language
noun
- a programming language with strict, static typing.
In the 21st century, bondage and discipline languages largely fell out of favor amongst open source enthusiasts.
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Last edited on Mar 30 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 03 2011.
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boot
adjective
- very unattractive.
I wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole, she is boot!
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Last edited on Jan 17 2000. Submitted by James K. from Calgary, AB, Canada on Jan 17 2000.
noun
- someone of legal alcohol purchasing age (or with falsified identification) who buys it and sells it to underage people. Short for "boot-legger."
I know a boot that can get this party moving.
- See more words with the same meaning: liquor store, alcohol sales.
- See more words with the same meaning: to deal drugs, drug dealer.
Last edited on Mar 10 1999. Submitted by Iris from Alberta, Canada on Mar 10 1999.
- someone new to the armed forces, i.e. someone in boot camp or who has recently left boot camp.
Hey, boot - drop and give me 20.
- See more words with the same meaning: inexperienced.
- See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).
Last edited on Nov 25 2001. Submitted by Jeffrey F. from Fairbanks, AK, USA on Nov 25 2001.
- boot camp.
Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 20 2010.
verb - intransitive
- to vomit
I booted last night.
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Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by John Hannan from Potsdam, NY, USA on Oct 23 1997.
- to leave.
I need to boot.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Tom from Great Falls, MT, USA on Dec 16 1997.
verb - transitive
- to kick someone off of an electronic interaction medium for breaking rules, being disruptive, or generally ruining people's time. Examples include IRC and online gaming.
That guy keeps spamming. Can a moderator please boot him?
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- See more words with the same meaning: to restrict, forbid, eject.
Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Calli from Santa Barbara, CA, USA on Oct 23 1999.
- to expel.
He got booted from the club.
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Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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booty call
noun
- a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
Some common characteristics of a booty call: the caller is intoxicated, the call occurs at night (often after bars have stopped serving alcohol,) the callee is an acquaintance or an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, and the sex involves no or little emotion.
The "call" in "booty call" implies a telephone call, but other methods of requesting a get-together (e.g. phone text messaging) are also valid.
Abbreviated, though rarely, BC.James is Tanya's booty call.
He called me at 3 a.m. last night for a booty call.
Citation from "Happy Halloween", Raising Hope (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 5 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.
- See more words with the same meaning: sexuality (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: telephone, phone.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 09 2000.
- the actual meeting that occurs after a successful call has been made.
Damn I was tired at work today. I was up late last night on a booty call.
- See more words with the same meaning: a party, event, gathering, meeting.
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Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Scott A. from New York, NY, USA on Jul 19 2002.
- a person with whom one has a "booty call" in the manner previously described.
No, we're not dating. She's just my booty call.
Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 09 2010.
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box
noun
- an attractive female.
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Last edited on Jun 21 1997. Submitted by C. Mathey from FL, USA on Jun 21 1997.
- an older model Chevy vehicle.
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Last edited on Apr 24 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 24 2003.
- A computer. Often identified by its operating system, e.g. "Unix box" or "Windows box."
We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe.
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Last edited on Aug 30 2003. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.
- a vagina.
I would love to stuff her box.
Nobody has told you that your wife is cheating on you because everybody's mouths are usually full of your wife's box.
- See more words with the same meaning: vulva ('vagina'), female genitalia.
Last edited on May 20 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.
- a police interrogation room.
Citation from "3 Women", Life (TV, 2009), Season 2 Episode 18 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 29 2010.
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brain dump
noun
- the act of telling a person or group everything one knows about a particular topic. "Brain dumps" are often informal and given extemporaneously. Sometimes used when "onboarding" someone.
Can I get a brain dump on the new communications infrastructure used in the client?
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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BRB
interjection
- acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon." Used mainly in text-based communication (text messaging, online chat, etc.)
brb, phone call.
- See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of).
Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Blondi 9. on Dec 16 1997.
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bread crumb
noun
- in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited.
I think I saw that three screens back, but I can't remember how to get there. I really wish this program had bread crumbs.
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Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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brick
adjective
- very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.
It's brick outside today.
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Last edited on Mar 23 1999. Submitted by Meeka B. from Harlem, NY, USA on Mar 23 1999.
noun
- an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."
That kid is such a brick!
- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on May 15 2002. Submitted by tim g. from Duluth, MN, USA on May 15 2002.
- a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.
He keeps on hitting bricks.
Brick!
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Last edited on Jan 27 2003. Submitted by Fox from Queens, NY, USA on Jan 27 2003.
- a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.
I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.
Last edited on Mar 08 2003. Submitted by Terry S. from Long Island City, NY, USA on Mar 08 2003.
- an external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc.
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new cell-phone ROMs, etc.
I tried to run some program I got off the web to turn my phone into a wireless hotspot. Now it's a brick.
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
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Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a large cellphone.
- See more words with the same meaning: telephone, phone.
Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
verb - ambitransitive
- To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to.
"Yeah, Annie planned the whole thing, but now she's bricking."
"Yo, looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming."
"Yeah, she planned the whole thing, but then she just bricked."Last edited on Dec 24 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 23 2012.
verb - transitive
- to hit with bricks.
James's car got bricked last night.
- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
Last edited on Mar 21 2006. Submitted by Key on Mar 21 2006.
- to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.
I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
Last edited on Aug 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.
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