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Bikeshed refers to topics which have never recieved concensus and are likely to generate side-discussions and flames unless all participants are well-read on all the past history. It stems from the idea that big changes (like the building of a power plant) go through quickly, since everyone assumes that someone else has checked it out, while simple changes (like building a bikeshed) often get mired in bureaucracy, since everyone has an opinion on it.
Tom posted a bikeshed topic to the mailing list and awoke to 11,358 messages in his inbox.
bikeshed by Andy Greenwood January 4, 2007
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bikeshedding 

Technical disputes over minor, marginal issues conducted while more serious ones are being overlooked. The implied image is of people arguing over what color to paint the bicycle shed while the house is not finished. (jargon file)
I'm not pointing fingers as I get sucked into those discussions just like everyone else, but the bikeshedding-to-action ratio is fabulously high.
bikeshedding by Eann September 18, 2006

Billshat 

The word describing william shatners lies or fibs. Or to tell a lie in a willian shatner voice.
You are so full of billshat.
Billshat by lucky bailey rocks September 12, 2018

Billshido 

A combination of the names 'Bill' and 'Bushido'. Used primarily for the pairing of Bill Kaulitz and Bushido(or Anis Ferchichi), whether used in fan fiction, art/photo manips, etc.
"I know this girl at my school that draws very explicit Billshido pictures, it's a little disturbing."
Billshido by BeautyInTheBreakdown January 2, 2009

Billshutters 

Politicians who make promises in manifestos they can’t keep but know it’s a vote winner
Those Billshutters promised not to do that and surprise surprise, they have done that! They just wanted our vote
It is the ability of extraordinary people with strange powers who are able to "blend" and "mesh" their abilities together. In this way, they are able to act as one organism. They progress toward a mature gestalt consciousness, called the homo gestalt, the next step in the human evolution.

It is based on a concept developed in a science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon titled "More Than Human" published in 1953.
"Blesh" is a portmanteau of "blend" and "mesh".
Blesh by akconstant February 1, 2013