Shobos - noun \ˈshō-(ˌ)bōs\
plural shoboses
Definition of SHOBOS
1
: a situation where your brain repeatedly proposes a specific solution despite the fact that you have already concluded it is not viable approximately 1000 times
e.g. You are playing Scrabble with your spouse and someone has played the word "hobos." It falls with a triple word square just to the left of the "h." Your brain will now spend the rest of the game trying to find a way to get that triple word score. It will do this by repeatedly proposing that you put down an "s" and make "shobos."
e.g. You are playing Scrabble with your spouse and someone has played the word "hobos." It falls with a triple word square just to the left of the "h." Your brain will now spend the rest of the game trying to find a way to get that triple word score. It will do this by repeatedly proposing that you put down an "s" and make "shobos."
2
: an irresistible persistent impulse to repeatedly cram that same, still wrong jigsaw puzzle piece in that one spot
1 comment:
what?! It's not a word?!
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