n. A low-ranking employee who is made to do the bidding of their superiors. So-called because they are often running around doing various small tasks.
by keyshaw April 13, 2005
1. a term reflecting the frequent tendency of government officials to suddenly disappear from public view when the spotlight of criticism shines on them, typically for a period of 1-2 days or until someone else's boneheaded antics capture the headlines
2. An instinctive and defensive reaction of an elected official to avoid a "whack-a-mole" reaction by their constituents
2. An instinctive and defensive reaction of an elected official to avoid a "whack-a-mole" reaction by their constituents
"Hey, have you seen Gov Stanford since his "hiking trip" hit the wires?"
"No, he seems to have ducked outa sight."
"Just like a gopherment official. Gone underground until someone else steals the limelight."
"No, he seems to have ducked outa sight."
"Just like a gopherment official. Gone underground until someone else steals the limelight."
by just_warming_up September 02, 2009
When desperately needing to go for a poo, the moment when it pokes it's head out of your bumhole and quickly goes back inside like a startled Gopher!
Heaven help me - I am Gophering badly and I need to lay a cable proto as the brown light is flashing!
by Mr Carstairs December 11, 2013
When working in a cube farm, the sticking up of one's head above the hedge to see or hear what other coworkers are doing.
After the discussion of John's wife sleeping with the office manager, I found myself gophering a lot more than usual.
by Denis Baldwin December 22, 2003
Putting your fingers in a girl's vagina and then popping your fingers out of her butt, sniffing around like a gopher.
by sex master j balls June 18, 2011
when you have to shit really bad, but you aren't close to a bathroom, the turd starts to come out, but you suck it back in your ass as you walk swiftly to the john. like a gopher popping out of a hole.
by here coco! April 11, 2008
A system that pre-dates the World Wide Web for organizing and displaying files on Internet servers. A Gopher server presents its contents as a hierarchically structured list of files. With the ascendance of the Web, many gopher databases were converted to Web sites which can be more easily accessed via Web search engines.
Gopher was developed at the University of Minnesota and named after the school's mascot. Two systems, Veronica and Jughead, let you search global indices of resources stored in Gopher systems.
Gopher was developed at the University of Minnesota and named after the school's mascot. Two systems, Veronica and Jughead, let you search global indices of resources stored in Gopher systems.
by David Bleach January 15, 2004