A term coined by Michael Stevens of Vsauce, Boil-o is an invisible, undetectable, unverifiable/unfalsifiable substance that appears whenever things begin to boil. While, yes, the phenomenon of boiling is perfectly explained without Boil-o, Boil-o is still there.
Boil-o is used as an example of redundancy. If a phenomena is perfectly explained without something, why include the something?
Boil-o is used as an example of redundancy. If a phenomena is perfectly explained without something, why include the something?
"Johnny: Yo man, I'm cooking up some pasta, you want some?
Mike: Yeah, sure, just start boiling the water.
Johnny: Don't you mean "apply BOIL-O to the water?"
Mike: For fucks sake, John, I don't want to get into this philosophy shit, it's been a long day, just- just tell me when you're done, alright?
Johnny: Jeez man, fine, I'll tell you when it's done.
Mike: Thank you.
Mike: Yeah, sure, just start boiling the water.
Johnny: Don't you mean "apply BOIL-O to the water?"
Mike: For fucks sake, John, I don't want to get into this philosophy shit, it's been a long day, just- just tell me when you're done, alright?
Johnny: Jeez man, fine, I'll tell you when it's done.
Mike: Thank you.
by Hexiliac June 8, 2022
Get the Boil-omug. If something has done something truly stupid and uncalled for, like setting a church with people inside on fire, you'd say.
"OH MAH GAWD, FREDDY! DARN IT, THAT'S LIKE BOILING FLOWERS IN THE WING!"
"OH MAH GAWD, FREDDY! DARN IT, THAT'S LIKE BOILING FLOWERS IN THE WING!"
by bridget February 6, 2004
Get the boiling flowers in the wingmug. A magical substance which emerges when heating water over a gas stove which has the same effect of heating water as the burning gas.
by 原 April 12, 2022
Get the Boil-omug. Nick asked Jess if she liked hard boiled eggs in her mouth. She proceeded to fill her mouth with water and Nick went to town.
by Do close the door March 15, 2022
Get the Hard Boiled Eggsmug. Imagine your a god right? And your being punished by the other gods for something, so they send you back down to earth to be reincarnated as a mortal.
When you get to earth you wake up in the middle of this rice field in the middle of feudal japan. You Don't know why you are there, but you know you are there for a REASON.
You Take a deep breath in. HHHHHHHHHH But it is not air you breathe! It is thick and yellow and tastes like marshmallow dust. and you know what it is? HARD BOILED WIND.
When you get to earth you wake up in the middle of this rice field in the middle of feudal japan. You Don't know why you are there, but you know you are there for a REASON.
You Take a deep breath in. HHHHHHHHHH But it is not air you breathe! It is thick and yellow and tastes like marshmallow dust. and you know what it is? HARD BOILED WIND.
by GuapAchmed August 23, 2023
Get the Hard Boiled Windmug. by wandering.sal83 August 13, 2020
Get the boiling rockmug. Amber shouldn't have been working in the garden all day without washing her stinky pussy, so she got a boil.
by TheDudeFromCoon June 10, 2022
Get the BOILmug.