Boil-o

A magical substance that casues water to boil. This word was invented by Vsauce.

What if there was a stove that emitted boil-o that would cause water to boil?

Boil-o by Eushshtb September 17, 2021

Boil-o

A magical substance which emerges when heating water over a gas stove which has the same effect of heating water as the burning gas.

You cannot disprove or argue the existence of boil-o!

Boil-o by 原 April 12, 2022

Boil-o

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?

"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.

Boil-o by Hexiliac June 8, 2022

A boil on the ass of society 

Someone who is literally a pain in the ass. Not only to one or several people but to society as a whole.

"Stop with your complaining, you are quickly becoming a boil on the ass of society".

A boil on the ass of society by Jumpingrat September 3, 2008

boil over 

A not so spectacular ejaculation! A male orgasm that lacks significant distance.

A great porn scene building up to a huge ejaculation, and all it was, was a meaningless boil over!

boil over by Captain Wacky August 28, 2007

Boil Over 

when you don't know what to do and you have a panic attack

"I know there is so much on your mind, I know you wish you could rewind and go back to when the water was cool. cuz now you don't know what to do"
"I'm just trying not to BOIL OVER"

Boil Over by gossipgay April 21, 2013

boil the ocean 

To waste one's time attempting to do the impossible.

Scope is too big to do in one project. Break it up into more than one. Don’t try to solve every problem at once. Identify a couple, address them, and move on.

You're wasting my time. You might as well be boiling the ocean.

Perhaps your scheme to connect all the computers together in the Internet in order to communicate with alien intelligence is a bit ambitious. Try something less difficult like boiling the ocean.’

In Obama's first year as President, he was trying to boil the ocean.

boil the ocean by doubleyoujiii January 23, 2010