DirtyWaterbury's definitions

con ref

Dishonesty when giving a job reference with the hope of convincing them to take your bad employee off your hands.

When they called, gave them a con ref so they would take Bob. It would be cheaper and less awkward than firing him.

by DirtyWaterbury March 8, 2019

hit by the bus

Phrase used when evaluating how much risk exists in a (software) project, more specifically, if project success is too dependent upon any one principal team member. Closely related to "bus factor".

What if Eugene is hit by the bus, who will approve Git pull requests?

by DirtyWaterbury March 8, 2019

email fork

When your coworker does not respond to the latest reply of an email thread, the discussion becomes forked between his reply and the latest. The fork is more severe when an email volley is accumulating participants, and you get left out. in which case, you'll hope someone will loop you in. the fork could be unintentional if the forker is just a slow-ass chicken pecker. but if he has a rep of being a habitual threadjacker, it is probably not

To avoid an email fork of the thread with a client, Becky sent Chad a DM that she was drafting a response to the client's latest questions.

by DirtyWaterbury March 12, 2019

stalkerific

how valuable a tool is in the acting of stalking someone.

I find Instagram most stalkerific.

by DirtyWaterbury September 8, 2016

plumb smugglers

pants that fit too tight in just the crotch region for a guy. different than skinny jeans, where pants are a tight fit throughout. when guy sits down in tight pants, looks like he is smuggling two round fruits.

See that guy sitting over there?... He needs to buy a different cut of jeans. With those plumb smugglers, looks like he trying to hide two plumbs.

by DirtyWaterbury September 7, 2016

break-out day

first warm sunny day on a college campus during the spring semester (typically March) where most females first break out their tank tops and the like to flaunt their pale cleavage. First day where all the white chicks lay out on random spots on the grass trying start their base tan, but get burnt.

Dude, I bet all these chickens get sunburned on break-out day this afternoon. I love break-out day... check out all these fun bags!

by DirtyWaterbury September 7, 2016

jew tree

1) item used for hanging jewelry on to. usually a random item on night stand, and bathroom counter (not a dish) which accumulates bracelets, hair ties, earrings and the like.

2) a jewish person's christmas tree with lame, non-personalized, or otherwise non-traditional ornamentation.

When I knocked over the lotion bottle on the counter... her watch , earrings, bracelets all fell off the jew tree.

by DirtyWaterbury September 7, 2016