Any plan, concept or idea that is doomed, from the start, to catastrophic failure, usually due to a complete lack of skill and/or knowledge on the part of the planner.
See also "NELB"
See also "NELB"
Origins:
Bob: Hey John, why are you staring at that wall?
John: I was thinking we could knock it down to make this room bigger.
Bob: But what about the floor upstairs? Won't it fall down? That's a load bearing wall...
John: Well, it's not entirely load bearing.
Usage:
Chip: "Facebook changed again and it sucks!"
Patricia: "Yeah, Facebook's new redesign is not entirely load bearing."
Bob: Hey John, why are you staring at that wall?
John: I was thinking we could knock it down to make this room bigger.
Bob: But what about the floor upstairs? Won't it fall down? That's a load bearing wall...
John: Well, it's not entirely load bearing.
Usage:
Chip: "Facebook changed again and it sucks!"
Patricia: "Yeah, Facebook's new redesign is not entirely load bearing."
by NELBtastic February 09, 2010
“man, check out that load bearing cloud.”
“i know dude, it definitely looks like we’re in for some skyload tonight”
“dad what is that big ominous cloud covering the sky?”
“that’s a load bearing cloud, son. i reckon it’s gonna shower us with load here within the hour”
“i know dude, it definitely looks like we’re in for some skyload tonight”
“dad what is that big ominous cloud covering the sky?”
“that’s a load bearing cloud, son. i reckon it’s gonna shower us with load here within the hour”
by free_roaming_feral_hawg August 16, 2022
To be prepared, mentally and/or physically, for extreme opposition; typically used in reference to an aggressive or potentially violent situation.
The phrase originates with American hunters and woodsmen in regions frequented by the brown bear. Brown bears are the largest land-based predator on earth, and when expecting to deal with them the hunters would bring much more powerful rifles than they would if hunting other game.
The phrase originates with American hunters and woodsmen in regions frequented by the brown bear. Brown bears are the largest land-based predator on earth, and when expecting to deal with them the hunters would bring much more powerful rifles than they would if hunting other game.
When the police responded to the reports of a men in body armor with AK-47s robbing a bank, they came loaded for bear.
by Wyldfire2112 October 17, 2010
Carrying more equipment than necessary. Overloaded. It can be used in a variety of ways meaning a person is equipped more than necessary for his/her prey.
A woman dresses "to the nines" with high heels, lipstick, new hair-do, perfume, etc. for club-hopping. "She's loaded for bear."
A youth is going hunting for squirrel but takes his father's high-powered rifle and a shotgun. He's loaded for bear.
A youth is going hunting for squirrel but takes his father's high-powered rifle and a shotgun. He's loaded for bear.
by David Porter October 13, 2003