Like Flickr, but without the photos.

boss

(n): a person who exercises control over workers

( more... )

(n): one who supervises or has charge and direction of

(n): a person responsible for hiring workers

(n): a person or firm that employs workers

(n): a person who exercises control and makes decisions

(n): a person who rules or guides or inspires others

(n): a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments

(n): a person active in party politics

(n): a circular rounded projection or protuberance

(n): any structure that branches out from a central support

(v): raise in a relief

(v): mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

(adj): exceptionally good

(adj): vs. inferior) -- (of high or superior quality or performance

[add tags/pos | image search | comment feed ]

Leave a comment, citation, or usage note

2 months ago whichbe said:

This word came from the Dutch word baas, meaning "master." But early americans didn’t like using master - it was too aristocratic to survive as a general term. So they started using "baas" in the late 18th century. It caught on (against the objections of some word snobs) and eventually became "boss."

2 months ago whatsername said:

"That's totally boss!" as in "That's cool!"

9 months ago John said:

Scouse slang for cool or excellent.

Register or login to leave a comment.

first listed by:

braintoast (1 word)

appears in these lists:

braintoast's Words, by braintoast

The History of Cool, by uselessness

Fryin's Words of nonsensical Wisdom, by Fryin

nicknames, by hifi_del_norte

name calling, by parody

4 letter chain, by wunderkammer

neat!, by trivet

Jacqueline's Words, by Jacqueline

king, by conceptwriter

My Stupid Day, by chained_bear

Slang words of Irish origin according to Daniel Cassidy, author of 'How the Irish Invented Slang', by flannagan

Take Me To Your Who?, by bilby

Login:	Your login identifies you publicly, and can't contain spaces or punctuation.
Email:
Password:	Password must be at least 5 characters long.
Password again: