PHB

See also: Ph.B.

English

Etymology

After the character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 […]

Anagrams

• BPH, HBP, PBH, bhp