bo jangling
silly behavior to avoid paying attention, completing a task, etc. Someone who is “bo jangling” is procrastinating or acting silly in order to avoid doing something or completing More…
bo-hickety
(Novel Creation) bo-hickety, interjection expletive used in frustration =Bo-hickety is a novel creation made at the spur of the moment by a student frustrated with his math homework. It has More…
Board
Catching the basketball after another player shoots but fails to make a basket; a rebound Sports announcers were seeking a more compact and original way to say “rebound” The More…
board
a rebound =used in basketball Etymology : from the word “board”. maybe related to the backboard =“he had ten boards that night” (basketball commentator, August 2003)
Board (2)
(Clipping and zero derivation) To ride on a skateboard. =Are boards welcome? Yes, if you can board that. I honestly don’t know how far it is yet. Etymology : The noun “skateboard” has More…
Board (3)
(From the noun board, changing the part of speech to a verb as well as the definition.) To get a rebound in the basketball. =First heard this term while watching NBA basketball a few years More…
Boba
Chinese drink with little chewy tapioca balls; the drink part can be tea, fruit juices, or coffee; beverage originating from China and brought over here in the mid-90’s by Chinese More…
Boba
A fruit based or flavored beverage containing spherical tapioca pieces. Apparent meaning: A drink containing “pearls” of tapioca. Type of word formation: Possibly foreign (Boba, More…
boba
(Loanword from English "bubble" to Taiwanese, and re-borrowing back from Taiwanese into English.; Loanword from English "bubble" to Taiwanese, and re-borrowing back from More…
Bobbitize
To remove someone’s penis, generally out of rage. Apparent Meaning: To cut off someone’s penis. Comes from the event that occurred in 1994 when Lorena Bobbit cut off her More…
bobo
“bourgeois bohemians,” referring to the new upper class of American society =Bobos in Paradise Etymology : a clipping and blending of the phrase bourgeois bohemians More…
bobo
“bourgeois bohemians,” referring to the new upper class of American society The author chose to call members of the new upper class of American society by this term because he More…
Bobst
(Eponymy) To study in the library, particularly Bobst, the main library at New York University. Used primarily at NYU or by students who have studied there. ="I'm Bobsting it More…
bobum
A single tapioca pearl, or piece of ‘boba.’ This term has a humorous tone and seems to be the result of analogy to words that follow the Latin declension for nouns that have singulars that More…
Body Nazi
A hardcore exercise and weightlifting fanatic who looks down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively A term was needed to describe those who exercise during all of their spare time to More…
Body Nazis
(noun) Hardcore exercise and weightlifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively =Oh don't be such a body nazi. I'll work out this afternoon. Not More…
bodycrafting
Term used to describe a lifestyle where someone has dedicated themselves to the betterment of their physical attributes. To bodycraft is not to become extremely muscular, with little to no More…
bofro
boyfriend The original version of the word ("boyfriend") probably came to be seen as too cumbersome; short, rhyming phrases are easy on the ear and roll off the tongue. =siamac, her bofro More…