Definitions by Evac156

cone of silence 

An imaginary zone from which sound or discussion can't escape. The cone of silence is used to keep something quiet or private. Most often applied to spoken communication, but can also apply to writing or email.

From a running gag on the TV show "Get Smart" in which a plexiglass device would lower from the ceiling and cover the heads of two speakers, so that their conversation couldn't be spied upon. The cone of silence rarely worked correctly on TV, and usually isn't much better in real life.

Employee 1: Hey, I just overheard your boss talking about you. You won't believe what he said.

Employee 2: Let's take this one to the cone of silence.

cone of silence by Evac156 May 2, 2005

magazine stand 

A person who has far too many issues. One who is overloaded with angst. Derived from the fact that a magazine stand (in the non-slang sense) is a place where one can find many issues (also in the non-slang sense) of various periodicals.

"I had dump my girlfriend. She had way too many issues."

"Issues? She was a magazine stand!"

magazine stand by Evac156 February 24, 2005

full boat

In poker, slang synonym for the hand officially called a full house: three cards of one rank, plus two cards of another rank. Three aces and two sevens is denoted as "aces full of sevens." Since many people in a poker game are uninvolved at any particular time, it gives poker players far too much time to make up new slang phrases about the game.

I had a 10 and a 7 in my hand, and the flop showed 7-7-10, so I had made my full boat.

full boat by Evac156 February 24, 2005

rag boat 

In poker, a full house or full boat made up of cards of very low rank. The low valued cards are themselves referred to as rags, but when they become part of a full boat, they suddenly become a very strong hand. A rag boat generally occurs when a player finds himself involuntarily playing a very bad hand, or chooses to play them with the knowledge that it's a very bad gamble. Therefore, a rag boat is mostly luck. A rag boat also occurs in the sense of a hand that would have been made if such a bad gamble had been taken, but wasn't.

Player 1: "If only I'd played that three-eight, I would've ended up with a full boat and won."

Player 2: "It was better to fold, you'll go broke hoping for a rag boat."

rag boat by Evac156 February 24, 2005

regruntle

When someone is disgruntled, to take the actions necessary to return them to a gruntled, i.e. contented or satisfied, state.

Newscaster 1: "The latest workplace shooting spree appears to be the action of a disgruntled former employee."

Newscaster 2: "What a tragedy that no one made the effort to regruntle him before he bought that AK-47."

Newscaster 1: "Ha ha ha, a tragedy indeed. And now here's Dave with the weather..."

regruntle by Evac156 February 24, 2005

out of the loop 

Uninformed. Ignorant of the situation. Not receiving appropriate information. Think of "the loop" as being a communications channel, and therefore being out of the loop means no one is communicating with you to get you the information you need.

Manager: Why did you miss today's staff meeting?

Employee: I didn't know there was one scheduled. I was completely out of the loop.

out of the loop by Evac156 February 24, 2005

crunch time

The interval of time immediately before a project is due, when it becomes apparent that the schedule has slipped and everyone is going to have to work like dogs to try to complete the project in time. Crunch time usually occurs during the period between the next-to-last scheduled milestone (prior to which everyone was able to delude themselves tht the schedule had NOT slipped) and the final deadline for delivery. During crunch time, workers are in crunch mode. Prevalent in the software industry, but used elsewhere as well.

"We've got three weeks left to complete six weeks worth of work. Looks like we'll be living on take-out for a while."

"I freakin' hate crunch time."

crunch time by Evac156 February 22, 2005