slipped the fish 

The memorable and gross experience of getting a really bad handshake from a limp-wristed person. The handshake feels like trying to grip the head of a dead fish and reflects someone who was never taught to shake hands properly.

The feeling of revulsion : typically persists for at least 30 seconds, recurs every time it is thought about AND especially when one sees "the limpy" again. Its recurring nature casts "the limpy" in a perpetually bad light. The sufferer of the experience sometimes foolishly tries to correct it by retrying the handshake only to get slipped the fish again, making the memory & suffering even worse.

Tyrell: Malik from Accounting just DOES NOT have a firm handshake...

Sally: Yeah I got slipped the fish by that one the first time I met him. Now when I see him I shiver. Yuck. He's a wiener leaner too...

Tyrell: Is he ill ?? or what ?

slipped the fish by joedaprogramma March 10, 2014

Slipped me the fish 

Gave someone something that didn't work properly. Typically used in engineering conversations.

"Damn, Jack, You slipped me the fish on this FPGA load!"

"Jim slipped me the fish on this PCB layout, he didn't use enough bypass capacitors."

"Those software guys slipped me the fish. their crap doesn't work, as usual."

Slipped me the fish by Randiesel March 4, 2022

Getting slapped by the fish but doing none of the Fishing 

When you are actively getting screwed over by something you're in charge of yet being micromanaged to the point you're not in charge anymore.

"Man I'm getting slapped by the fish but doing none of the fishing with this event plan my boss keeps telling me he'll handle things I'm in charge of!"

"Have you tried looking for a job that will treat you like the position you're in?"

Getting slapped by the fish but doing none of the Fishing by STARKILLERMKIII March 27, 2025