The trope in every action movie by which the villains, often highly trained soldiers, mercenaries, and hitmen launch an arsenal of every weapon known to man, yet can barely nick our hero or heroine with anything more serious than a flesh wound.
Often paired with the Good-Guy Bullseye, which Our Hero/Heroine uses to bring down a spaceship or aircraft carrier with a single, blindfolded shot from a pea-shooter.
Often paired with the Good-Guy Bullseye, which Our Hero/Heroine uses to bring down a spaceship or aircraft carrier with a single, blindfolded shot from a pea-shooter.
Black Widow saved the day because the Russian hit squad had Bad-Guy Aim, allowing her to destroy the Kremlin by throwing a paper plane at it.
by burnt sox July 30, 2023
Putting two spaces after a period. Even though every reference written after 1995 says that it's now one space after a period, your 60-year-old CEO still insists that when he was walking uphill, barefoot, in the snow, with one typewriter under each arm, his secretary put two spaces after a period and, dammit, you will, too, as long as you work here.
My soul dies just a little more every time I put that second space after a period, but the boss says we have to use the Boomer space.
My soul dies just a little more every time I put that second space after a period, but the boss says we have to use the Boomer space.
My soul dies just a little more every time I put that second space after a period, but the boss says we have to use the Boomer space.{space}{space}
by burnt sox December 10, 2021
Delay-sent email.
Your boss works late into the night, but instead of sending you emails at 11:30 pm, she delay-sends them so they arrive at 8 am. You arrive at work with a half-dozen of new tasks that appear just as you're settling to the date. You hate this!
Your boss works late into the night, but instead of sending you emails at 11:30 pm, she delay-sends them so they arrive at 8 am. You arrive at work with a half-dozen of new tasks that appear just as you're settling to the date. You hate this!
Anson arrives at work, sits in his cubicle, logs on. At 7:59 am, his box is empty and he takes a sip of his coffee. Anson turns away for just a second, but when he turns back a minute later, he finds that 8 new emails just appeared in his mailbox. His manic boss wrote the emails overnight and sent to them to arrive at 8. "Aaagh, 8 Mail!! I hate when does that!!
by burnt sox August 27, 2024
You checked out or rented an eBook on your e-reader, but you haven't finished as the due date approaches. You disconnect the reader from the internet (airplane mode, for example) so Kindle can't erase the expired book from your reader until you finish: you are Kindlenapping the book.
Damn, I still haven't gotten to the climax of *50 Shades Darker* and I have to work tomorrow. I'll turn off the Wi-Fi so I can Kindlenap it until I have some alone time next weekend.
by burnt sox November 28, 2021
In a refreshing break from political correctness, this is found more and more in executive boardrooms to describe a party's presentation of his best offering, such as a lawyer giving his best argument or a company putting its final offer on the table.
With the obvious sexual reference as you see in other wad entries, it's especially funny to see two women execs talking about shooting their respective "wads."
With the obvious sexual reference as you see in other wad entries, it's especially funny to see two women execs talking about shooting their respective "wads."
Jeeves shot his/her/their wad with a demand for first-class travel to get to meetings on the Jasper deal.
by burnt sox December 30, 2006
Wonk A: Incredible! By the time I read that email thread about the TPS reports, Jane in Marketing and Brad in Finance had fixed the problem... I didn't have to do a thing!
Wonk B: Goggin's Law works in mysterious ways, my friend.
Wonk B: Goggin's Law works in mysterious ways, my friend.
by burnt sox May 16, 2010
Man, I was going to get that 47-inch Sony flat screen, but Corporate would only sign off on a 32-inch Hitachi.
Sorry, Corporate didn't approve the Vegas weekend. Go on without me.
Sorry, Corporate didn't approve the Vegas weekend. Go on without me.
by burnt sox March 28, 2010