1. a term reflecting the frequent tendency of government officials to suddenly disappear from public view when the spotlight of criticism shines on them, typically for a period of 1-2 days or until someone else's boneheaded antics capture the headlines
2. An instinctive and defensive reaction of an elected official to avoid a "whack-a-mole" reaction by their constituents
2. An instinctive and defensive reaction of an elected official to avoid a "whack-a-mole" reaction by their constituents
"Hey, have you seen Gov Stanford since his "hiking trip" hit the wires?"
"No, he seems to have ducked outa sight."
"Just like a gopherment official. Gone underground until someone else steals the limelight."
"No, he seems to have ducked outa sight."
"Just like a gopherment official. Gone underground until someone else steals the limelight."
by just_warming_up September 2, 2009
Gopher it - gophered it - gophering it
A Semmesian dialect term meaning to do what you have to do without additional thought
Synonyms: grow a sack and do it
Chiefly southern
A Semmesian dialect term meaning to do what you have to do without additional thought
Synonyms: grow a sack and do it
Chiefly southern
by Tman19910 October 30, 2018
n. A low-ranking employee who is made to do the bidding of their superiors. So-called because they are often running around doing various small tasks.
by keyshaw April 13, 2005
Noun. Someone in a low-rank position. Usually used for low rank tasks. So called because of its sound-a-like to "go-for", as in to go for something, such as to go for coffee.
They basically are the peasants of the corporate ladder and do whatever the fuck their bosses say.
They basically are the peasants of the corporate ladder and do whatever the fuck their bosses say.
by PeachyKi October 29, 2011
When desperately needing to go for a poo, the moment when it pokes it's head out of your bumhole and quickly goes back inside like a startled Gopher!
Heaven help me - I am Gophering badly and I need to lay a cable proto as the brown light is flashing!
by Mr Carstairs December 11, 2013
A user of the programming language Go, created by Google. The brain behind the language basically describes Gophers as retarded children and I quote "They’re typically, fairly young, fresh out of school, probably learned Java, maybe learned C or C++, probably learned Python. They’re not capable of understanding a brilliant language but we want to use them to build good software. So, the language that we give them has to be easy for them to understand and easy to adopt."
by CrazyDev November 15, 2021
When working in a cube farm, the sticking up of one's head above the hedge to see or hear what other coworkers are doing.
After the discussion of John's wife sleeping with the office manager, I found myself gophering a lot more than usual.
by Denis Baldwin December 22, 2003