Anonymus Bosch's definitions

out-of-pocket

To front money you don't expect to get back, refunded, or applied to future expenses (as in pulling cash out of your pocket).

I wanted to get that fish-food service, but I had to come up with $45 out-of-pocket.

by Anonymus Bosch June 20, 2006

dork

A person that, while bathing in a bathtub, farts and then either bites at or pops the resulting bubbles. I personally first heard this definition in the early 70s.

(bathroom door opens, howl of anguish, door slams) Mister, your wife's a DORK! I mean an ACTUAL DORK!

by Anonymus Bosch July 28, 2008

White Noise

Reasonably obscure punk band from Minnesota during the mid-eighties. Not skinhead, despite the name. They were just white and noisy, plain and simple.

Matilda fell on the beer in Richard's basement while White Noise repeated their first set.

by Anonymus Bosch July 14, 2006

flan

Short for flannel, the comfy wintertime fabric.

"Matilda sure looked hot in her new flan jammies, 'specially 'cause she forgot the pants."

by Anonymus Bosch January 12, 2006

bounce a box

IT slang: to reboot a computer. (Bounce = reboot, box = computer). It sounds dirty, so we like saying it.

Carla locked out her account again, so I reset her password and told her to bounce her box.

("bounce a box" -- engine won't let me submit this without exactly the same grammar... please edit this sentence out when approved--thanks!)

by Anonymus Bosch June 20, 2006

Tinker

noun--A non-professional person skilled at mechanical or electrical inventions and/or repairs.

verb--To engage in minor repairs or inventing.

John's an excellent tinker; he got my lawn-mower running in ten minutes.

John's always tinkering. His latest widget gets my mail and throws away the ads.

by Anonymus Bosch September 30, 2005

pathos

Source of the word "pathetic." An almost predetermined likelihood that events will play out in a certain way. Resistance is futile (pathetic)... the 'stupidity' of trying to change things that are obviously going to go in a certain direction.

Manfred was overcome by the pathos in Hamlet.

Jimmy saw the oil all over the road right in front of his car, so he stomped on the brakes and turned the wheel to avoid the concrete wall on the other side. How pathetic.

by Anonymus Bosch September 4, 2008