Results for “bos”

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bostin
adjective

Brummie gold standard — means brilliant, excellent, top-tier.

#brummie#birmingham#black-country#british
bossman
noun

Address for a shopkeeper or service worker.

#mle#london#british#address
bosie
noun

A hug or cuddle, Doric-style.

#scottish#doric#aberdeen#affection
Boston marriage
noun phrase

Two women living together long-term, independent of men — Victorian-era partnership.

#lesbian#history#lgbtq#wlw
boss
noun

Respectful/friendly address — 'chief', 'boss'

#caribbean#patois#people#greeting
bosso
noun

The boss.

#spanish#spanglish#latino#work
bosman
noun

A free transfer at the end of a contract.

#sports#transfer#free
Boss Up
verb

To level up, take control, and improve your status or finances.

#gen-z#money#hip-hop#aave
true last boss (TLB)
noun

A hidden final boss that only appears for players good enough to earn it.

#shmup#bosses#secret#retro
Girlboss
noun

An ambitious woman in business — now often used ironically.

#gen-z#money#internet#meme
Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss
phrase

An ironic motto mocking hustle culture by stacking three buzzwords into a fake life mantra.

#gen-z#meme#american#texting
roshan
noun

Dota's big neutral boss who drops the Aegis — a free second life — when he dies.

#dota2#moba#objective#boss
neutrals
noun (plural)

The jungle monsters and bosses that belong to nobody.

#moba#jungle#objectives#monsters
tank and spank
noun

A dead-simple fight: tank holds the boss, everyone else hits it.

#wow#mmo#raid#boss
uptime
noun

The window when the boss is actually hittable — make it count.

#mmo#ffxiv#dps#raid
downtime
noun

Dead air in a fight — the boss is untargetable and you can't deal damage.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#dps
primal
noun

A god-tier trial boss in FFXIV, summoned straight out of the lore.

#ffxiv#trial#boss#mmo
Labber
noun

A player who lives in training mode digging up tech and combos.

#fgc#training mode#tech#culture
no-miss
noun

Clearing a stage, boss or whole game without losing a single life.

#shmup#speedrunning#retro#scoring
milking
verb

Keeping a boss or enemy alive to squeeze out maximum points.

#shmup#scoring#bosses#retro
safespot
noun

A spot on screen where a boss attack simply can't touch you.

#shmup#bosses#patterns
gaffa
noun

The boss. The gaffer. Whoever's in charge.

#geordie#north-east#british#work
heid bummer
noun

The boss. The top dog. The big cheese.

#scottish#scots#workplace#authority
pissah
adjective

Boston-ese for something excellent, usually preceded by 'wicked'.

#boston#new-england#regional#slang
spuckie
noun

Boston word for a sub sandwich, from the Italian roll it's served on.

#boston#food#italian-american#regional
bubbler
noun

Drinking fountain, in Boston and Wisconsin.

#boston#wisconsin#regional#midwest
frappe
noun

A Boston milkshake — actually made with ice cream.

#boston#new-england#food#ice-cream
tonic
noun

Old-school Boston word for any fizzy soft drink.

#boston#new-england#regional#vintage
bang a U-ey
phrase

Boston for making a U-turn.

#boston#driving#regional#new-england
southie
noun

South Boston, or someone from it.

#boston#neighborhood#regional#irish-american
eastie
noun

East Boston, the neighborhood across the harbor.

#boston#neighborhood#regional#italian-american
the Dot
noun

Dorchester, the sprawling Boston neighborhood locals call home.

#boston#neighborhood#regional#new-england
dunks
noun

Dunkin' — the coffee, the chain, the entire Boston food group.

#boston#food#regional#coffee
no suh
interjection

Emphatic Boston 'no way!' — answered with 'ya suh!'

#boston#regional#interjection#accent
so don't I
phrase

Paradox Boston-speak for 'so do I' — somehow agreeing by negating.

#boston#new-england#regional#grammar
khakis
noun

Car keys — but only in a Boston accent.

#boston#regional#accent#meme
the T
noun

Boston's subway and bus system — the MBTA, minus the syllables.

#boston#transit#regional#subway
on dead dawgs
phrase

Boston oath — I'm dead serious, on my dead friends.

#boston#hip-hop#regional#oath
woop
noun

Boston for very far away.

#boston#regional#distance
the Pru
noun

Boston nickname for the Prudential Tower.

#boston#regional#landmark