The act of pulling out the coffee pot in mid-brew and letting it drip into your cup. This is a common office foul that either dilutes the entire batch of coffee for the rest of the office or caused it to be much more robust.
by twowheler1300 January 24, 2011
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Working definition of " POACH ":
transitive, intransitive verb or noun
to poach (somebody/something) (from somebody/something) --
To take and use somebody/something that belongs to somebody/something else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way
Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online
2.
Main definition for "QUOTE-POACH":
To 'steal' a quote that has been attributed to someone else, and then post it up elsewhere.
(Even better when you don't even credit the attributed name, on your Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/About.Me account.)
Working definition of " POACH ":
transitive, intransitive verb or noun
to poach (somebody/something) (from somebody/something) --
To take and use somebody/something that belongs to somebody/something else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way
Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online
2.
Main definition for "QUOTE-POACH":
To 'steal' a quote that has been attributed to someone else, and then post it up elsewhere.
(Even better when you don't even credit the attributed name, on your Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/About.Me account.)
A)
For the word ' poach ':-
E.g. 1: The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
E.g. 2: Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.
E.g. 3: I hope I'm not poaching on your territory (= doing something that is actually your responsibility).
Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online
B)
For the phrase ' quote-poach ':-
Example 1 of bad quote-poaching practice:
"I always thought that imagination is more important than knowledge; and yeah, I just made that up lol"
says Scumbag Steve.
Example 1 of good quote-poaching practice:
"You know, my mama always said, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you're gonna get,"
reminisces Forrest Gump.
Example 2 of good quote-poaching practice:-
the following lines on a Facebook Wall/Timeline post:
"Habit is habit,
and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. "
Wise words, Mark Twain.
(quote-poached from Lift.do)
For the word ' poach ':-
E.g. 1: The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
E.g. 2: Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.
E.g. 3: I hope I'm not poaching on your territory (= doing something that is actually your responsibility).
Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online
B)
For the phrase ' quote-poach ':-
Example 1 of bad quote-poaching practice:
"I always thought that imagination is more important than knowledge; and yeah, I just made that up lol"
says Scumbag Steve.
Example 1 of good quote-poaching practice:
"You know, my mama always said, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you're gonna get,"
reminisces Forrest Gump.
Example 2 of good quote-poaching practice:-
the following lines on a Facebook Wall/Timeline post:
"Habit is habit,
and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. "
Wise words, Mark Twain.
(quote-poached from Lift.do)
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similar to a cougar hunter, except its a younger man attracted to and pursuing a mid-30s woman who is older than him.
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Get the Butter Poached Lobster mug.In the swinging community, when a couple attempts to coax the female portion of another couple into sexual relations without the consent or knowledge of the male portion of the other couple. This is sometimes refered to as back door unicorn hunting.
Note that this is different from testing the waters, as in the swinging community the female portion is often approached first to see if the couple as a whole is interested in play. In wife poaching there is often a shady element involved where the husband is intentionally excluded by the initiating couple.
Note that this is different from testing the waters, as in the swinging community the female portion is often approached first to see if the couple as a whole is interested in play. In wife poaching there is often a shady element involved where the husband is intentionally excluded by the initiating couple.
John when to the bathroom at the swingers club only to find out that when he returned, a wife poaching couple swooped in and tried to make his wife a cuckcake.
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Get the poach mug.poached duck, noun. a ridiculously inside pitch that causes the batter to spin around with his arms all twisty like.
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