root cause

The basic cause of something. A root cause is an initiating cause of either a condition or a causal chain that leads to an outcome or effect of interest. The term denotes the earliest, most basic, 'deepest', cause for a given behavior; most often a fault.

these drugs do not address the root cause of the problem

by Phillyclause89 June 12, 2018

Rooting

Is the act of digging through someone's belongings without permission and taking what they want to sell or trade for their "fix".

They were rooting through my backpack, knowing it wasn't there's.

by 3rdgear September 17, 2018

Root Beer Barrel

Derogatory nickname for James Harden of the Houston(Texas) Rockets in the National Basketball Association. Coined by Something Awful Forums user Brolander, who in a GDT (Game Day Thread) witnessed James Harden do some stupid contorted crap to try and get a foul on a three point shot attempt and expressed his disgust by calling Harden "you, you...Root Beer Barrel!" A reference to both the root beer flavoured hard candy and a literal barrel of root beer, it lampoons bullshit antics and barrelish chest shape. You can technically call someone else a RBB but you are still referring to James Harden, it is not a generic term for a foul-seeker or rule-abuser. It is not racist.

"Oh, ok. Get your 3 free throws James, with your fuckin' sucks-to-watch, sleep walking, dick touching Root Beer Barrel ass."

by baunceychillups January 29, 2019

Rooting_around

jobless, please subscribe to the poor old man on twitch he is trying to feed his family of 12 children.

person 1: Rooting_around is my favorite twitch streamer
person 2: Wow he's that fortnite streamer right
person 1: *burns person 2s house down*
person 2: my house is on fire

by BashJohnson April 11, 2019

Roots

The same as practicing Voodoo.

My mother told me to never accept anything from Ms. Hattie because she does roots.

Michelle used to look good until she started dating Lonnie and word has it that he used roots on her to keep her from leaving him.

by Mackendeez September 30, 2019

Root scoot boogie

You give her the root, scoot out the door, and boogie to work

Man I was almost late to work tonight, had to do the root scoot boogie.

by gr00gz November 11, 2020

Root and recruit

Fucking someone to get them to join a political cause.

Lucinda is gay but will do the old root and recruit for BLM

by Happy happy hour happy Friday February 17, 2021