n. An oilfield term describing time not spent doing the task at hand (drilling, producing, or servicing wells). Lost time typically results in telephone calls, e-mail and paperwork from the FSM.
by vaeren January 13, 2007
Getting it done, making it happen. You aren't 'motivating' or 'empowering' or anything remotely similar - you're puttin' foot to ass!
Sally: "Wow, look at Tom telling those committee members what's what."
Rick: "Yeah, he's really puttin' foot to ass in there."
Rick: "Yeah, he's really puttin' foot to ass in there."
by vaeren October 16, 2009
A term used to describe one's preparedness to engage in a certain activity, most often associated with drinking.
by vaeren May 06, 2007
n. A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day spent offshore on a rig or platform in Norway. Usually celebrated with a large, elaborate meal and boxes of chocolates.
by vaeren December 17, 2006
Describes the state of being skeeved out. Usually results from associating with or being in the vicinity of a person or thing considered to be skeevy.
by vaeren August 02, 2008
n. The place where hydrocarbons (oil and/or natural gas) are produced. "The oilfield" is also a term used by oil & gas industry professionals to describe their industry and the work associated with it.
by vaeren January 13, 2007
A phenomenon which occurs during the final stages of a bad situation (or failboat), failsuck is the tendency of a situation to consume huge quantities of time and resources before it is corrected, resolved or abandoned. Once a situation collapses under its own 'gravity of fail' it becomes a 'vortex of failsuck' that begins to consume all people, time, and resources in its vicinity.
John left the meeting, but was pulled back in when Steve suggested changing the contract, collapsing the meeting into a vortex of failsuck.
by vaeren April 25, 2009