knowman's definitions

pull a rabbit out of my ass

When a boss dumps an impossible job on you with no warning, or support and wants it done yesterday.

The machine has been down for weeks. Now they want me to pull a rabbit out of my ass , and get it working because they need it by lunch.

by knowman December 16, 2009

pigga

from a swedish word that means alert, lively. usually applied to an atractive young woman. like many words pigga's present slang meaning is 180 degrees from the oridginal. used as a pet name for childern as a term of affection. some think it came from a changing of bibbity bobbity boo into piggity poggity poo as a nonsenc ryhm fo babbies.

she's a little pigga like her mother. i can't keep up with that little pigga. she's the pigga of her daddy's heart.

by knowman March 1, 2008

retirement

throwing away a machine or human after it is decided that they are so worn out or used up that there is no value left. the human gets a small pension that is not enough to live on, the machine is junked.

retirement like death comes to us all.

by knowman February 21, 2009

pretty prancing pony

A coworker who puts on a show for the boss, but does no real work. The bosses' pet,who gets away with murser. As apposed to a pack mule who doesn't look like much, but does most of the real work.

She's a pretty prancing pony and the bosses' pet. The trouble with this place is there are too many ponies and not enough mules.

by knowman March 17, 2008

Obama

The fourth black president, the first openly black president. The four black presidents are Linclon , Johnson, Clinton, and Obama.

Why do Obama and Linclon resemble each other? They are both black.

by knowman February 15, 2009

east omaha tags

Home made paper in transit tags that are used to avoid paying to register a car. The date on the tags is changed from time to time in an attempt to make them appear legal. Real plates taken off a junk car or from the junkyard. Used to avoid getting required liability insurance.

Bob should change his east omaha tags they're turning yellow. I got busted because the car I was driving had east omaha tags, and it wasn't my car. Dave got nailed for east omaha tags, and no insurance.

by knowman March 12, 2008

dragging edge

Old, obsolete, out dated technology. The opposite of leading edge.

That monitor is dragging edge, but it was free, and works well so who cares ?

by knowman October 20, 2008