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A variation of "joshing", to joke. Used on a title card in the silent film "Hollywood the Unusual" (c.1927)
We weren't serious, we were just jossing.
jossing by Nathan Hendler February 8, 2008
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Jossing: When one adamantly insists they'll be available for a party when they're entirely incapable of actually participating.
Dude the other night I was invited to play online and I didn't have the game installed so I was totally Jossing it and kept telling everyone I'd play.
Jossing by ExtraRidiculous May 4, 2020
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Just joshing 

Means you are just joking, kidding, teasing or messing with their heads. You didn't really mean what you said or did.
Don't take it to heart, I was just joshing you!
Just joshing by EmDee^ January 6, 2012
just to mess around with someone
Just joshin' you dude!
joshing by heather December 21, 2003

Joshing the ball

When someone throws or kicks the ball horribly in a direction farther than the person that was originally supposed to catch the ball.
Joshua: -Throws the football in the wrong direction-

Logan: God dammit, stop joshing the ball.
A multi-meaning word which originated as prison slang in Louisiana, particularly South Louisiana and is primarily used in those areas.

Josing can be defined as the following:

1. Serving time in jail or prison.

2. Participating in an activity or distraction, particularly in jail, which makes the time seem to pass faster.

3. The act of joking at someone else's expense, especially in jail but also used in street context.
(Variation 1)
"My boy been josing for 3 years off a gun charge."

(Variation 2)
"Man if we could smoke in the parish jail we'd be straight josing."

(Variation 3)
"We was straight up josing off that boy all day - he got drove as fuck."
Josing by BR Phat March 4, 2013

joshing your taters 

(V.) Similar to just joking. A term used by a small population who likes inventing new ridiculous terms. Usually results in laughter by the person to whom the phrase is said.

Can also be abbreviated JJYT.
-"David are you being serious?!?!?!?"

-"Nah, I'm just joshing your taters!"
joshing your taters by jamez629 September 15, 2009
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear
hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
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