anonymus bosch's definitions

hokem

A ruse, ploy, or tall-tale. Bullshit.

John went to the self-help seminar, but it turned out to be more religious hokem.

by Anonymus Bosch October 4, 2005

froob

A rude football fan.

That froob is so sauced on 3.2 he couldn't shut it to save his mother's life!

by Anonymus Bosch January 12, 2006

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

Red-shirt guy

A character in fiction (usually TV or movies) that will meet their demise almost immediately at the beginning of the story. Can also be a real person that is clearly going to fail at the onset. Derived from the original Star Trek TV series in which unimportant characters (wearing red shirts) would accompany the main characters on an adventure and get killed before the first commercial break.

(pointing at TV screen) "See that ditzy chick with the radio? Red-shirt guy!"

"Manfred wants to play darts with them."
"Red-shirt guy."
"Yeah."

by Anonymus Bosch January 7, 2006

Called in slack

To phone or email your place of work with an obvious fabrication, saying you can't come in.

Hey, Manfred called in slack. He said his garage burned down again ...I heard empty beer cans knocked over in the background while he mumbled.

by Anonymus Bosch June 28, 2006

oblividroid

A person that automatically does things without thinking about them.

That oblividroid just went ahead and processed the request without even noticing how absurd it was!

by Anonymus Bosch November 18, 2005

cube horizon

In a vast cubicle office environment, when one stands up in one's own cube and looks along the tops of the many cube walls stretching out to the horizon. The cube horizon can be interrupted by the heads of people walking around. And by many heads at once if there is a loud, unexplained noise in the area. This can result in a phenomenom called prairie-dogging: many people stand up and look around like prairie dogs coming out of their holes.

I first came across "cube horizon" in James Hynes' novel "Kings of Infinite Space."

Having decided to sneak out early, Manfred casually stood up and surveyed the cube horizon for those that might spot him.

by Anonymus Bosch June 30, 2006