A housing development that seems to appear overnight. The name comes from the fact that it looks like a bunch of mushrooms grew while you were sleeping.
by Knock Brackney June 18, 2010

by Breadguy May 17, 2019

🧑"See that mushroom that's in my backyard? I grew that."
👩"I think it grew overnight and you are just taking mushroom credit."
👩"I think it grew overnight and you are just taking mushroom credit."
by Kirby420 March 16, 2021

A way to manage tech teams working to an ill-defined task, described by Tracy Kidder as "Keep them in the dark, feed them shit, watch them grow" (in his 1981 title 'The Soul of a New Machine' about the people that built the first minicomputer at Data General).
As long as the outcome remains undefined, there's no way to hold them accountable for whichever result. You'd better apply mushroom management instead.
by Nada Knicks August 5, 2022

when shit is so out-of-hand that you are tripping balls, i think
it's what the scientists from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon say when things go haywire
it's what the scientists from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon say when things go haywire
by MartianSupremacist November 13, 2024

by Anonymous Glitch September 4, 2021

A replacement for any curse word.
by Chubbylubby January 30, 2018
