DILBERT

Meaning of DILBERT in English

a US cartoon character created in 1989 by Scott Adams. Dilbert is an electrical engineer who works with computers in an office. He is polite and honest but often confused by the company’s policies. The Dilbert cartoon makes fun of boring and stupid office jobs. It now appears in over 2 000 newspapers around the world and a television series began in 1998.

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DILBERT — n. American comic strip about the modern workplace of the main character Dilbert (created by Scott Adams, launched in 1989); …
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DILBERT — Dilbert BrE AmE ˈdɪl bət -bɜːt AmE \ -b ə rt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DILBERT — Dil ‧ bert /ˈdɪlbət $ -ərt/ BrE AmE a popular US ↑ cartoon strip by Scott Adams, about a computer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DILBERT — < humour > A cartoon computer worker drawn by Scott Adams scottadams@aol.com , who works in Silicon Valley. The cartoon …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
DILBERT — n. Name and title character of a comic strip nationally syndicated in the U.S. and enormously popular among hackers. Dilbert …
Jargon File English vocabulary
DILBERT — Дилберт
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996 — Adams, Scott Cartoonist Scott Adams was asked one question so many times that he came up with a stock answer. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESSIAH — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The media made him out to be a political messiah . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BE — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHB — Dilbert, short for pointy-haired boss. An idiot manager. Example: My phb asked me if I could work overtime for the …
Slang English vocab
HARDENING — Used to describe the resulting condition of a worker when his boss gives him to much work to do. The …
Slang English vocab
DEMONS OF STUPIDITY — Mythical entities responsible for illogical bureacracy, paradoxical regulations, hard-to-use software, and all problems that wouldn't exist if anyone in charge …
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BUNGEE BOSS — A middle manager who is put in charge of a corporate department, changes all departmental procedures, and is transferred out …
Slang English vocab
BOMBILOGOPHILE — A lover of buzzwords. Like the boss in Dilbert cartoons and the bosses in many real corporations who believe that …
Slang English vocab
INDUHVIDUAL — A person lacking intelligence. Coined by Dilbert fans. Can be used to a foolish person's face without risking physical harm. …
Slang English vocab
ASOK — From the Dilbert comic strip. An gullible intern or temp employee that's just begging to be abused. Example: Get the …
Slang English vocab
HUMOUR — Pretty Amazing New Stuff mickey rusty memory magic smoke Murphy's Law Finagle's Law hand cruft plug and pray Blue Screen …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
DILBERTED — < jargon > To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert , the geek-in-hell …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL — < humour > (BOFH) A rogue network operator character invented by Simon Travaglia simontrav@hotmail.com , regularly featured in "Computing" and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
COMICS AND COMIC STRIPS — A comic in the US means a comic strip or strip cartoon . Comic strips are a series of small …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ASAP — A Stupid Acting Person (Dilbert comic strip) After September, April Possibly :-) Always Say A Prayer And Sink A Pint …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
RAT DANCE — [From the Dilbert comic strip of November 14, 1995] A hacking run that produces results which, while superficially coherent, have …
Jargon File English vocabulary
POINTY-HAIRED — [after the character in the Dilbert comic strip] Describes the extreme form of the property that separates suit s and …
Jargon File English vocabulary
COW ORKER — [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal. This …
Jargon File English vocabulary
PHB — [Usenet; common; rarely spoken] Abbreviation, "Pointy-Haired Boss". From the Dilbert character, the archetypal halfwitted middle- management type. See also pointy-haired …
Jargon File English vocabulary
ДИЛБЕРТ — Dilbert
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