noun
Whenever some stupid mistake is made or some undue effort has been expended - because of the inefficiencies of any involved parties. This is often used in the past tense - pulled a bing. SUNY Binghamton is the origin of this phrase because the university is completely inefficient.
ie - charging a student too much because the financial aid office messed up, or charging a student a certain amount and then, after they've paid, awarding them a financial aid grant of the same amount that was paid, indicating that the student hadn't needed to pay anything in the first place.
Whenever some stupid mistake is made or some undue effort has been expended - because of the inefficiencies of any involved parties. This is often used in the past tense - pulled a bing. SUNY Binghamton is the origin of this phrase because the university is completely inefficient.
ie - charging a student too much because the financial aid office messed up, or charging a student a certain amount and then, after they've paid, awarding them a financial aid grant of the same amount that was paid, indicating that the student hadn't needed to pay anything in the first place.
Example 1:
Student: "I had to wait in the Student Account line for half an hour because the financial aid dept pulled a bing."
Example 2:
Person 1: "Dude, the boss is pretty pissed - why'd you come in so late?"
Person 2: "My wife totally ended up pulling a bing this morning. She sends me to the store to get bacon only to call me to say 'Never mind' as I'm paying the cashier."
Student: "I had to wait in the Student Account line for half an hour because the financial aid dept pulled a bing."
Example 2:
Person 1: "Dude, the boss is pretty pissed - why'd you come in so late?"
Person 2: "My wife totally ended up pulling a bing this morning. She sends me to the store to get bacon only to call me to say 'Never mind' as I'm paying the cashier."
by TiredOfBingMistakes March 5, 2013