rathole

A topic of conversation that has diverted wildly from the original conversational thread and is generally viewed by all (but the one leading the topic) as being without resolution, or at the very least is uninteresting to others in the group. Ratholes usually open up when related but tangential topics are discussed which are explored in much more detail than is required for the relational reference to the original thread.

I was trying to keep things on topic, but you've opened up a big rathole with all this talk of comic book plot twists.

by Stark Raven Mad August 4, 2007

Wikipedia Rathole

The act of losing between 45-120 minutes while performing click-throughs from the initial Wikipedia page you were interested in.... often leading you to knowledge that has no relationship what-so-ever to your original search.

Man, I was lost 2 hours and missed a meeting because I went down a Wikipedia Rathole. However, I do now know that Richie Sambora is was born in Woodbridge, NJ.

NOTE: Original search was snow fall amounts in the NE.

by spaceman2004 October 29, 2009

rathoe

a nasty rat hoe look skank

Dem M.H.B. some rathoes!!!!

by Cha-Cha January 29, 2008

rathouse

Rathouse, or Rat house. A government or civil service building: treasury, city hall, police station...

From The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

'Rathouse's just the local word for… like the council house, the town hall,' he said. 'It's nothing to do with rats, amusing though it may be.'
- The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett

by Gaiacarra March 22, 2008

Rathwell

A small drinking town with a farming problem

And Home to the Rathwell Hotel

Archie: hey Tom ever been to Rathwell

Tom: My liver still hurts when I hear that word

by Coons20200 September 16, 2020

rathole file

This is where documents procrastinate after apathetic organization has rodented (is that a word yet? I mean ferreted and squirreled are verbs, but there are plenty of rodents that succinctly define the behavior) them away to an innocuous corner of of an administrative employee's office.

How did you find the Jonathon estate contract? That wasn't in his folder.

I just dug it out of the rathole file. Looks like the last signature on it is five years old.

by enkephalin07 August 19, 2023

rahowa

"Racial holy war." Usually used in an ironic sense.

"Hay, Glittersense, whut R U up 2?"

"RAHOWA."

"Oh...right. Wait, what?"

by Geist Editor May 25, 2006