PHB

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English

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Etymology

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After the character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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PHB (plural PHBs)

  1. (slang, derogatory) Initialism of pointy-haired boss, an incompetent micromanager.
    • 2001, John Imrie, “my variables in foreach loops”, in comp.lang.perl.moderated (Usenet):
      I know this. Which is why I use it. However proving it to my PHB is a diffrent [sic] matter :-)
    • 2002, Gardner Dozois, Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future:
      [] identically dressed in blue three-piece suits, hung around accosting visitors with annoyingly impenetrable PHB marketroid jargon []

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