The act of screwing someone over badly - having concealed your true motives by lying and keeping secrets, then suddenly dropping the bomb out of the blue. Joshing is a specific kind of deceit where you try to blame other people by using their outrage as incriminating evidence while getting rid of any evidence pointing to you.
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Famous people who claim to have been "Joshed" include O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake.
Honorary mention just popped up in xkcd comics.
Famous people who claim to have been "Joshed" include O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake.
Dude 1: O.J. Simpson totally did it!
Dude 2: No man, he was totally Joshed! Can't you see it's all just a big conspiracy to keep black actors out of Hollywood?
Dude 1: Wow, man. My boss kept telling me I would keep my job, but he just fired me out of the blue and then used my angry response to justify it to my co-workers.
Dude 2: Damn, that's a bad piece of Joshing!!
Dude 2: No man, he was totally Joshed! Can't you see it's all just a big conspiracy to keep black actors out of Hollywood?
Dude 1: Wow, man. My boss kept telling me I would keep my job, but he just fired me out of the blue and then used my angry response to justify it to my co-workers.
Dude 2: Damn, that's a bad piece of Joshing!!
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A girl with no humour. People run away when they hear her voice, she sounds blonde but shes actually a brunette!
Yasmine: oh my god it's josephine again *josephine talks* yasmine*earaids*
Josephine: *tells a joke*
Nathan:*fake laughs*
Josephine: *tells a joke*
Nathan:*fake laughs*
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Also, an insult to describe someone who has not attained the level of knowledge on a subject as you have.
Also, an insult to describe someone who has not attained the level of knowledge on a subject as you have.
Polly: wow Jack is amazing like look at how caring he is with those children
Debra: but just 10 minutes ago you were saying that you didn’t want him bcuz he’s a douche
Polly: oh yeah, I was such a Josephine back then....
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Ronaldo: hey, look at Timmy over there. He still thinks he can get a job in his field after graduating college
Griffin: hahaha, what a Josephine....
Debra: but just 10 minutes ago you were saying that you didn’t want him bcuz he’s a douche
Polly: oh yeah, I was such a Josephine back then....
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Ronaldo: hey, look at Timmy over there. He still thinks he can get a job in his field after graduating college
Griffin: hahaha, what a Josephine....
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