rathole
Poker jargon for a no-limit strategy of buying in for only a small amount and leaving the game as soon as the buy-in is doubled.
rathole
A topic of conversation that has diverted wildly from the original conversational thread and is generally viewed by all (but the one leading the topic) as being without resolution, or at the very least is uninteresting to others in the group. Ratholes usually open up when related but tangential topics are discussed which are explored in much more detail than is required for the relational reference to the original thread.rathole
Ratholing can take the form of scamming someone or just generally handing them a bad beat. A rathole can also be an income account in the world of accounting and finance.
ratholer
A person who intermittently raises a matter they know will lead to personal anxiety for a friend or acquaintenance; a person who wilfully wants to take a person down a rathole of discomfort.
Example:
Paul decided to bring up the matter of lazy civil servants with Ted again. Paul was being a ratholer
Paul decided to bring up the matter of lazy civil servants with Ted again. Paul was being a ratholer
ratholing
Much like a rat who violently digs out an opening to his nest, used to describe a person who spends an enormous amount of time on tiny details.
Example:
I wanted to go to dinner, but he spent the next hour ratholing me on the quirks of he dispatchers.
I wanted to go to dinner, but he spent the next hour ratholing me on the quirks of he dispatchers.
ratholed
Example:
Your significant other things you spent $1,000, however you stashed it away for keeping. You have "ratholed" $1,000.
Your significant other things you spent $1,000, however you stashed it away for keeping. You have "ratholed" $1,000.
Wikipedia Rathole
The act of losing between 45-120 minutes while performing click-throughs from the initial Wikipedia page you were interested in.... often leading you to knowledge that has no relationship what-so-ever to your original search.
Example:
Man, I was lost 2 hours and missed a meeting because I went down a Wikipedia Rathole. However, I do now know that Richie Sambora is was born in Woodbridge, NJ.
NOTE: Original search was snow fall amounts in the NE.
Man, I was lost 2 hours and missed a meeting because I went down a Wikipedia Rathole. However, I do now know that Richie Sambora is was born in Woodbridge, NJ.
NOTE: Original search was snow fall amounts in the NE.
rathole file
This is where documents procrastinate after apathetic organization has rodented (is that a word yet? I mean ferreted and squirreled are verbs, but there are plenty of rodents that succinctly define the behavior) them away to an innocuous corner of of an administrative employee's office.
Example:
How did you find the Jonathon estate contract? That wasn't in his folder.
I just dug it out of the rathole file. Looks like the last signature on it is five years old.
How did you find the Jonathon estate contract? That wasn't in his folder.
I just dug it out of the rathole file. Looks like the last signature on it is five years old.
Pounding Sand Down a Rathole
An expression used to signify a menial or fruitless task; frequently to be preformed by someone not of sound mind or full capacity.
Example:
Giving money directly to a hopeless alcoholic to help him improve his situation is like pounding sand down a rathole.
Giving money directly to a hopeless alcoholic to help him improve his situation is like pounding sand down a rathole.
Rathole
A second anal hole that can be dried up. This is then a stiff rathole. It needs to be moisturized at this point. If you don't a tentacle will come out.