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Definition of bit bucket
bit bucket
noun
- the place where all deleted, lost, or misdirected data goes to.
I emailed you my status update yesterday. It must have landed in the bit bucket.
Please direct all flames to the bit bucket.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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- Also "the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky".
Well, it looks like my thesis went to the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky.
Last edited on Dec 15 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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| Definitions include: excessive. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
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| Definitions include: to be eager. | |
| Definitions include: testicles. | |
| Definitions include: genitals. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other. | |
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| Definitions include: Threatening rain. | |
| Definitions include: angry, looks bad, pissed, annoyed, unusual looking. | |
| Definitions include: genitals. | |
| Definitions include: insignificant. | |
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| Definitions include: a protective helmet, often used by skaters. | |
| Definitions include: a vehicle in poor condition; "hooptie". | |
| Definitions include: a list of things a person wants to do before they "kick the bucket" (i.e. die.) | |
| Definitions include: loose, and nasty. | |
| Definitions include: something with little effect because - compared to everything else - it's very small. | |
| Definitions include: extremely unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: very quiet. | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
| Definitions include: a bad person. | |
| Definitions include: dirty or worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: an extreme slunt. | |
| Definitions include: The craft and practice of being a slunt. | |
| Definitions include: a tremendous slut. | |
| Definitions include: a female used solely for sex. | |
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