Who gets to eat who, when.
HQ demands a 10% staffing cut. It's you or me. I'm sorry, its the Law of the Lifeboat.
by Jim Oakley March 22, 2011
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When someone deliberately burns a source of help (an employee, friend, etc.) out of spite or stupidity. Similar to burning a bridge, this happens when someone is so short-sighted, they don't realize the effect their negative actions will have on their lives and the lives of others.
I wonder what Jeanne is going to do for computer help now that she fired Alex for no reason whatsoever. Man, she really torpedoed the lifeboat.
by zerodark November 14, 2010
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Noun,
A side relationship created before the end of a relationship that the cheater transitions to after the break up.
A: Dude, sorry to hear about your girl.
B: Nah, it's all good. She had a little lifeboat relationship, so I dodged a bullet really.
by RandomRobb March 13, 2016
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To trip and fall into a lifeboat is to commit a gross dereliction of duty, to behave cowardly after one had accepted a position of leadership.
"I did not abandon my ship and crew, I trip and fell into a lifeboat!"
by Mouth of Babe January 19, 2012
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When you are fucking a girl in doggy and are about to nut, so you pretend your dick slips out of her just so that you can get an extra 30 seconds, to a minute of breeding time✊🏽
I hit this girl with the Palestinian Lifeboat last night; she worshipped it.
by aricodes124 August 4, 2021
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