The plastic cone-shaped protective collar that a veterinarian puts on a dog or cat to prevent them from licking or pawing at an area of their body while it's healing from an injury or surgery. Also referred to as an Elizabethan collar (or e-collar), because of its similarity to the collars worn in Elizabethan dress.
Sherpa isn't enjoying being with the other dogs at the dog park today. You can tell he's embarrassed wearing the cone of shame that the vet put on him after his injury.
The projected track of a hurricane by a weather service; a projected region of increased profit for home improvement chains esp. fueled by news networks' fear mongering
Every time I see the cone of home depot on Florida, I notice that Home Depot's stock goes up a point.
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.
The conically shaped area on a weather map that simultaneously predicts where a hurricane will make landfall and which Home Depot locations will make record profits
After consuming a gross but filling meal in a college cafeteria, a student must attempt to locate cones for ice cream- if none are found, he/she must get action from (bone) someone of the opposite sex within 24 hours.
"Dude, were there any cones left?"
"Nope, looks like imma have to nail that blonde over by the salad bar givin' me the eye"