Glossary

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The glossary lists original terms and common phrases used in Bob's Burgers and related media. Some items may not necessarily be original, but they could be critical to a situation or out of the ordinary. An example is "table-scaping," which was relevant in "Boyz 4 Now." Items in the glossary are in alphabetic order. Some of the items in the glossary may have their own pages.
Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
==A==
===ABBB===
An acronym Robin uses in "Bye Bye Boo Boo" that stands for "Anybody But Boo Boo."
===Annie-ssassin===
The online persona and blog of Annie Cragston that she uses to write criticizing reviews of people's services introduced in "Yurty Rotten Scoundrels." It's a play on the word assassin.
Linda suggests that Annie's reviews "Annie-sasssinate."
==B==
===Banjo moment===
According to Bob in "Ex MachTina," it's "Any moment of time that would be slightly better with banjo music."
===Be-fartist===
A portmanteau of beef and artist introduced in "Father of the Bob" and invented by Mr. Fischoeder while he tries to find the words to describe Bob's career.
===Belt Buckle Belly Buster===
A special burger on Dusty's Feedbag's menu introduced in "Friends with Burger-fits" by Mort and Mike. It's free for anyone who eats the entire thing within thirty minutes, and a picture of them gets hung up in the restaurant.
===Berb===
A portmanteau of bad and verb introduced in "Best Burger" and invented by Tina after Gene figured out what "Gene-ing out" meant.
===BFOs===
An acronym for "boys from other schools" introduced in "Mazel Tina." Teenage girls, or just Tina, Tammy, and Jocelyn, mainly use the term in a flattering way to describe them.
There are some variations to the acronym, including "Fili-B-FOs" for Filipino boys from other schools ("Mazel Tina"), "BFOTs" for "boys from other towns" instead of just schools ("Sleeping with the Frenemy"), or "BFOGs" for "Boys from other Greece" ("FOMO You Didn't").
A girl dating a BFO would be an "OOTGF" ("Sleeping with the Frenemy").
===B-holes===
An abbreviation of breakfast holes created by Tina in "Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now," which is another term for mouths.
Hearing Tina say the word surprised Linda, suggesting she thought Tina meant something else.
===The Big O===
A synonym for oregano introduced in "Best Burger" and invented by Trev.
===Boy-dar===
A portmanteau of boy and radar introduced in "The Kids Rob a Train" by Tina.
===Burger of the Day===
A special burger on Bob's Burgers' menu that changes every day introduced in "Human Flesh." It usually costs $5.95, and the restaurant displays it on a chalkboard set in the dining area to the right of the kitchen window. Bob is generally behind the ingredients and puns behind the special.
===Brownie chair surprise===
A prank invented by Louise and introduced in "The Frond Files." It's when someone unintentionally sits on a brownie that the prankster places on a chair, making it look like they sat in poop.
She does it to Mr. Frond in the same episode.
===Brunch skunk===
A group of people introduced in "Beefsquatch" by Dalton. They're people who come to restaurants serving brunch to exploit the alcohol served during the time while ordering little to no food.
===Butt phone===
A "cell phone someone smuggled [in jail] in an orifice of [their] body." Critter introduces the concept in "Wag the Hog."
==C==
===Caking===
A synonym for playing patty-cake and activity performed in the Cake shows introduced in "Bad Tina" by Bob.
===Cheer battle===
"A head-to-head competition in a public place with high stakes and arbitrary rules." Mr. Ambrose introduces it in "Gene It On," and Gene and Todd have one in the same episode.
===Chloe clingers===
The people who depend on Chloe introduced in "Apple Gore-chard! (But Not Gory)" by Jesicca. The name seems to mock them for relying on Chloe to tell them "what's lame and what's cool."
===Confi-cool===
A portmanteau adjective of confident and cool introduced in "These Boots Are Made for Stalking." Tina invented the term to describe Sage and her friends.
===Cougar-doodle===
A name for a specific group of people (likely exclusive to women) introduced in "My Big Fat Greek Bob" by Gretchen. They're a mix of cougars and poodles, two other types. Gretchen states they're "very smart."
There is a minor character named after the group introduced in the same episode.
===Cupid's Couple===
The winning couple of Wagstaff's seventh-eighth grade Valentine's Day dance introduced in "Can't Buy Me Math." Darryl has a theory that whenever a couple wins Cupid's Couple and breaks up afterward, they're able to date anyone they want.
==D==
===The Daffy Dutchman===
A cheerleading stunt invented by Linda in "Gene It On." It involves six people forming a pyramid and the person on top spinning another person "like a windmill."
===Duderuses===
The name for uteruses if boys had them invented by Tina in "The Belchies."
==E==
===Equesticles===
A term for of grown male fans of the TV series The Equestranauts introduced in "The Equestranauts."
They are named so because grown men usually tend to have testicles
===Erotic friend fiction===
Fictional stories that Tina writes involving people she knows in erotic situations introduced in "Bad Tina." She started writing them after she ran out of shows and movies to write erotic fan fiction of.
==F==
===French hug===
A type of hug introduced in "My Big Fat Greek Bob" by Dr. Yap. He suggests it's a hug that lets each person feel each other's armpits.
==G==
===Gene-ing out===
A verb used mainly by the Belcher family introduced in "Best Burger" that means losing focus. Gene's distractful habits inspired his family to invent the word.
Gene thought it meant "taking off [one's] shorts after a good meal" ("Best Burger").
===Ginger boom===
What Mr. Fischoeder and the other participants of the Gingerbread Gentlemen's Annual Gingerbread House Competition say after a trash-talking comment introduced in "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left."
==H==
===Horse Medicine===
A name of a cocktail introduced in "The Equestranauts" by Sunpuddle. He states it's "designed by and for Equestranauts lovers."
==I==
===Ice pushing===
A sport invented by the Belcher kids in "Friends with Burger-fits." It involves pushing, and the kids played it in their restaurant's walk-in while wearing costumes.
===In-voiding===
A word introduced in "The Frond Files" and invented by Mr. Frond. It likely doesn't mean anything since he made it to say he was "in-voiding" Bob and Linda when they asked if he was avoiding them.
==J==
===JGM===
An acronym for junior guard material introduced in "Boywatch" by Parker. Being JGM means being fit to be part of the Junior Guards.
===Jokes for Blokes===
A joke book Gene has introduced in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs." Gene tries telling jokes from the book at school, but Choo-Choo keeps saying the punchlines.
==K==
===Kerplunker===
A word introduced in "The Kids Rob a Train" by "Chocolatier." It's a synonym for toilet, and it's possibly supposed to be a German word since "Chocolatier" is notably German or an English one based on the English word kerplunk.
===Kisspers===
A portmanteau of kiss and whispers introduced in "The Gayle Tales" and invented by Gene.
==L==
===LadyGoods===
A brand of sex toys introduced in "My Big Fat Greek Bob." Linda sold some of them at her house with Gretchen.
===Land Ship===
A ship used in the War of 1812 important to the history of Seymour's Bay introduced in "The Land Ship."
The town has a parade to celebrate the ship ("The Land Ship").
===Like-like===
A term kids mainly use to describe a crush on another person introduced in "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene." It's likely a replacement for love.
"Like-like-like" is a similar term introduced in "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene," and it likely describes a greater feeling than "like-liking" someone.
==M==
===Mad Pooper===
The nickname for the serial pooper at Wagstaff invented by Tina and introduced in "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" that ends up being Zeke.
Linda calls the Mad Pooper the "Butt-ler."
===Meat fraud===
A concept introduced in "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" by Hugo that is "the illegal misrepresentation of one protein for another."
Louise thought it was using meat to buy something at a store, and Gene thought it was paying taxes with a ham ("They Serve Horses, Don't They?").
===Miss Missy===
A nickname introduced in "Bed and Breakfast" Linda uses to call Tina and Louise. Linda uses it in any context, positive or negative.
"Mister Mister" is the male version of the word, and Linda has only used the word to call Gene it in "Sheshank Redumption."
===Momnipotent===
A portmanteau of mom and omnipotent introduced in "Mo Mommy Mo Problems." Linda invented the word to proclaim herself as it and to command her family to do whatever she said on Mother's Day.
===Mom-osa===
The name for the mimosas invented by Linda served at Bob's Burgers while they were serving brunch in "Brunchsquatch." They're a portmanteau of mom and mimosa invented by Linda in "Brunchsquatch."
===Musoeum===
A portmanteau of music and poems introduced in "Ex MachTina" and invented by Jimmy Jr. He states it combines music and poems, but they are not songs.
==N==
===Narts===
A game Bob invented in "Stand by Gene." It's a portmanteau of napkin and darts. The game is similar to H-O-R-S-E, except for its use of wet napkins, and instead of spelling horse, it spells narts.
===Needle weenies===
A name for people who are afraid of needles introduced in "Heartbreak Hotel-oween" by "Blood Bank Guy." He considers Bob one.
==P==
===Patty daddy===
The name for fans of Cake introduced in "Bad Tina" by Mr. Frond.
It might be similar to Equesticles, except it describes a certain demographic of Cake fans (grown men), but it's uncertain.
===Perma-pass===
Wagstaff hall passes that are permanent introduced in "Midday Run" by Tina. Tina refers to them as "permanent hall passes," and perma-pass is likely a colloquial name for them. Only students with severe medical conditions naturally receive them, though Tina gives her siblings one each without authorization after they do her a favor in the episode.
===Pesto Colada===
A drink served at Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria introduced in "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial."
===The Pigwheel===
A cheerleading stunt invented by Linda in "Gene It On." It involves six people sitting piggyback on each other and performing a cartwheel like one normally would.
Linda's flipbook of the stunt titles it "The Pigwheel," but the captions add a space between the words, making it "The Pig Wheel." Bernard Derriman also spells it without a space in a behind-the-scenes tweet about "Gene It On."
==Q==
===Quief===
A portmanteau of quilt and thief introduced in "Bobby Driver" to describe quilt thieves or people who steal quilts. Eleanor Hirschbaum uses this term to name Bob, Edith, and Harold for stealing her and her quilting group's quilts, but since Bob rejects the term, Eleanor likely coined the term on the spot.
It's pronounced the same as queef.
==R==
===RUMP===
An acronym for robotic mobility pilot program, a program by Yo 'Botic Robotics that lets students attend school by controlling telecommunication robots. The company tests it at Wagstaff with Tina in "Ex MachTina."
==S==
===Seishin dobutsu===
In "Pig Trouble in Little Tina," Louise reveals that seishin dobutsus are "[demon spirits] that can possess dead animals to attack people who wronged them." She got this information from Volume Ten of Aku No Kuriketto.
At first, the Belcher kids thought "Fetal Pig" was a seishin dobutsu.
===Shuck an oyster===
An idiom created by Linda and introduced in "Eat, Spray, Linda." It means going to the bathroom at The Royal Oyster.
===Stank tank===
A synonym for porta-potty introduced in "The Land Ship" by Teddy.
===Super Bowel===
The poop Gene saves until the Super Bowl introduced in "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial."
In "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial," his Super Bowel clogs a toilet at Jimmy's restaurant.
==T==
===Table-scaping===
An after-school activity introduced in "Boyz 4 Now." According to Gene, it "combines accurate table-setting placement with creative themes and costumes." Gene won the table-scaping competition at his school and went to the table-scaping regionals, where he failed.
Bob and Linda often mistakenly call it "table-setting" in "Boyz 4 Now."
===Tank bottoms===
A clothing article Jimmy Jr. and Zeke want to invent introduced in "Bully-ieve It or Not." Jimmy Jr. states it's "tank tops for [one's] bottom."
Jimmy Jr. suggests shortening it to TB, but tuberculosis and tetherball are also TBs.
===Teddy Brulee===
The name of the dish Teddy makes in "Uncle Teddy." He makes it in a bowl, starting with chocolate, crushed pretzels, and marshmallows aramelized with a blowtorch. 
===Teddy's Brewski===
The name of Teddy's home-brewed bear introduced in "Speakeasy Rider." He used to call it "Bucket Brew" since he fermented it in a bucket.
===Teddy's Stickle Spackle===
The name of an adhesive Teddy invented introduced in "Glued, Where's My Bob?" He claims it's stronger than superglue. 
===Tinkle-dink===
A euphemism for crotch used by the Stokes introduced in "Sit Me Baby One More Time." It's specifically for girls.
"Tinkle-dinkler" is the version used for boys.
===Today is Tomorrow's Yesterday===
A phrase Teddy came up with and created inspirational posters with it with Janine of Yours Truly Stationery in "The Silence of the Louise."
===Trashion===
A portmanteau of trash and fashion introduced in "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" and invented by Gene. It's the name of the style of clothing he made using trassh.
==U==
===UB===
An acronym for upper butt introduced in "Butt Sweat and Fears." Only teenagers appear to use the term, particularly Tina, Tammy, and Jocelyn. It might be restricted to teenage girls, as Sam was unfamiliar with the acronym.
In the same episode, Tina also uses the acronym to abbreviate "you be" to tell Sam, "don't UB worried about that."
==W==
===War Farts===
A homophone for Wharf Arts introduced in "Bad Tina" by Gene. Since the two terms sound the same, hearing "Wharf Arts Center" could sound like "War Farts Center." When Sergeant Bosco asked Linda about the Wharf Arts Center in "I Get Psy-chic Out of You," she thought he was saying "War Farts."
===What About Bob?===
An original airplane Bob makes in "Live and Let Fly." Bob's dream version of Barry B. Foldin' tells him it's "the best fold from [his] best planes combined."
===Wine Shoe===
An invention Linda makes in "The Hormone-iums" involving a heel from the oversized women's shoe store Toe-Tanic Shoes to house wine. However, someone already had the idea before her, called Booze Shoes. After learning about this, she came up with Candle Sandals, which involves putting a candle inside a hole cut in a sandal.
==Z==
===Zeke-cret===
A portmanteau of Zeke and secret introduced in "Ex MachTina" by Tina. It's a secret that Jimmy Jr. hasn't shared with Zeke.
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