PsychoPuppyDad's definitions

tarped

A specialized injury found often in baseball parks. As the tarp is run out over the field to protect the surface from rain, one of the team trips (or loses a leg), and is covered by the tarp.

Where's Walt?

I don't know. He was just here. What's that bump over there?

Dude. Walt got tarped.

by PsychoPuppyDad July 31, 2010

express love

Express Love is the pain of having a crush on your regular FedEx or UPS driver, and ordering more and more stuff from the Internet just to get a glimpse of him (her).

I'm in Express Love with Alan, my UPS driver. He's dreamy.

by PsychoPuppyDad January 7, 2017

Four-legged Rake

A four-legged rake is a dog that insists on rolling in fresh-cut grass or piles of dead leaves, just for the sheer joy of carrying them into the house with him. Once, the leaves are on your floor or furniture, they become yard dandruff.

My Chihuahua is a four-legged rake. He just brought in half the lawn.

by PsychoPuppyDad December 6, 2015

spousal unit

Good generic term for your husband, wife or partner, especially when you don't want to mention a specific name in your blog or novel (or you can't remember.)

My spousal unit is really annoying today.

by PsychoPuppyDad January 8, 2009

bossywork

Bossywork is busywork specifically designed to make your boss look less ignorant about his job. It consists of producing pages of documentation to explain the obvious or prove negatives (the product didn't change, so we don't need new education.) Much of bossywork consists of building slide decks from portions of other slide decks, since no manager can be expected to read more than one deck per day.

I have to get this bossywork done before the design committee meets since my boss is the committee chair. Hopefully, after that, I can get some real work done.

by PsychoPuppyDad October 3, 2011

freezer diving

Eating whatever is left in the back of the freezer, rather than actually cleaning up and going out for real food. It's dumpster diving for people who have homes.

Bill? You're eating a vegetarian burrito. When did you decide to try the vegetarian lifestyle?

I'm not. It's my ex-girlfriend's from freshman year. I was freezer diving.

by PsychoPuppyDad August 5, 2010

Then a miracle occurs

The standard method for having an unreasonable deadline met just in time. Usually quoted when the time given, staffing levels or design constraints will not be met in any other way.

Sam: "This project will take three months from beginning to end, design, develop and test."

Boss: "It's due in three weeks."

Sam: "Well, we take one week to train sixteen new people, one week to do all of the design work, and four days to write the code. Then a miracle occurs, and we ship just before the deadline."

by PsychoPuppyDad August 4, 2010