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cowboy code

A term for a coding project where there is no design, no unit testing, no fancy buttons, just working code. It might be a little rough around the edges, but it gets the job done. Prevalent in a hackathon setting, for small idie projects, or programmers who couldn't give a fuck.
Tech Bro1: How did you make that website over the weekend?

Tech Bro2: It's all cowboy code.
by Turkey_Lurkey January 28, 2025
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Emo Cowboy

A boy who wears cowboy boots, a cowboy belt, and a cowboy hat but is also tired and sad and shows no emotion. Also known as mike or mike & Ike
AVA: "look at mike & Ike over there, he is SUCH an emo cowboy"
CHASTER: "for REALLL"
by UglyRAtAYEE February 17, 2022
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vegan cowboy

Someone who dresses and acts like a cowboy, but does not exploit or use animals for any purpose and is anti-speciesist. (Ex: no bull riding, horse riding, consuming animal products, etc) Vegan cowboys are also mainly homosexual and Mexican, so instead of riding horses, they ride each other.
Yes I am a cowboy, just because I don’t ride horses does not mean I am any less. I’m just a vegan cowboy.
by Gekkorotto October 12, 2019
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Portfolio cowboy

A portfolio cowboy is a designer who is focussed on creating work for their own design portfolio above all else.

This mostly involves designers who don't follow appropriate guidelines or business requirements if they feel it limits their design. To be able to acheive the design they want, they push the boundaries of those guidelines, or break them all togther. Their work can look very good, but often doesn't achieve the desired goals of the project and can introduce other problems and/or inconsistencies in an overall design system.
His design completely ignored the client's brief, he's such a portfolio cowboy.
by eHaggis April 10, 2024
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Twitter cowboy

has “♣️♥️♣️♥️“ in their twitter handle, posts 5000 pictures of their dads truck, and tweets about how he wants to treat a girl right but fucks over any girl he’s ever been with.
by alyssabj15 December 14, 2017
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cowboy rocket

John Joe Is A Cowboy Rocket Thinks He Knows How To Use A IPhone
by Little raccon June 11, 2017
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Cowboy Unit

Typically used to describe a dirty ol' redneck that aspires to be as monumentally stout as an Absolute Unit. Wears Ariat boots with faded blue jeans. Wears hats as often as possible. Probably to cover his bald spot.
Damn y'all look at Bradley walking down the hall like a Cowboy Unit. That guy is a poser -- he's no Absolute Unit!
by absoluteunit9000 October 15, 2018
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