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boilerplate 

1. The standardized, non-specific parts of a contract; the fine print that gets tacked on by lawyers to protect themselves and their clients.

2. The unsubscription notice at the bottom of bulk emails from the spam operations that bother to pretend that they comply with the CANSPAM legislation. (first used by Paul Graham in his groundbreaking essays on spam)

Origin: The American Press Association shared its building with a sheet-iron processing plant when it was founded 1892. Chicago printers dubbed the noisy American Press offices a boilerplate factory, and boilerplate became the word used to refer to the third-rate filler that the syndicated news agency turned out.
The failure of Urban Dictionary to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision, or portion of any provision, of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to enact the intentions of the TOS. Under any circumstances other provisions of the TOS shall remain in full force and effect. You, the user, agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of, or related to, use of the Service, its content, or the TOS must be filed within two (2) months of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or you agree to waive such claim.
boilerplate by Mike February 27, 2005

Boilermaker

A cocktail made by dropping a shot of whiskey (or whisky if you're a Scot or Canadian) into a glass of beer. Great for those who don't like straight booze but hate sweet mixers.
Boilermakers are good for time management. They make me twice as drunk in the same amount of time!
Boilermaker by Beer Hunter February 13, 2004

Cherry Boiler 

A fart after drinking 12 or more cherry cokes in a day. The smell is that of rotten cherry coke that has been boiled.
Tyler: Damn, dude! I just ripped ass, it reeks!
Brett: You’ve been pounding cherry cokes all night, fella. Is it a cherry boiler?

Jeremy: I’ve been slamming cherry cokes and ripping cherry boilers all day, fellas. My jeans stink like molten ass.
Cherry Boiler by Melvin Birch November 25, 2019

boiler room 

a site of illegal operation, especially the telephone sales of goods or services by charlatans
The shitheads in the boiler room were finally caught.

Boiler Scotch 

A scotch with a shot of scotch served inside a larger glass of scotch.
Boiler Scotch by Shoop Da Whooop August 17, 2009

bailed out 

To agree to go to an event and then having an excuse for not going.
She bailed out again on something we planned, not going to invite her next time.
bailed out by KawaiiCassa3 January 7, 2016