Foss Edit Meaning

1.

plural: Fosses

Fresh off the slave ship. A person who thinks he or she is black; A person who moved from Africa to somewhere else; A regular black person. This term is similar to the word Fob but is more focused on Africans and African Americans.

My new friend from Niger Luke is a true foss.

Dave Chapelle the foss is my favorite comedian.

See fob, nigga, nigger, dawg, homie

2.

FOSS is an acroymn which refers to Free and Open Source Software. A term nessicary to describe two releated entities, yet different and seperate in some important philosophies.

This acroymn has its origins when the Free Software Foundation proclaimed their GNU General Public License as not actually open source, even though it is considered an open source liscense and is compliant with the Open Source Definition as described by the Open Source Initiative.

The FOSS communities are related, and differ only in extreamly judgemental geek lexicon and proclamations.

3.

is someone who is nosy, and wants to know everything.

yo b; i heard about your man. (den someone is like "i wanna noe, i wanna noe"....your too damn foss! move and g'long :P

See nosy, foss, wanna, know, everything, lol

4.

Fresh Off the Slave Ship

A term typically used to apply to people when they are dressed too gaudily for a given occasion. It is believed that when Africans were brought to America as slaves, they thought they were going on a cruise and wore their best clothes. When they landed, they found out that it was all for nought.

Look at that Persian all dressed up at the DMV. He is such a FOSS!

You're wearing Gucci, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Christian Dior all at the same time? You are an incredible FOSS!

See guido, douchebag, tool, fake, wannabe

5.

A word to describe the undescribable. Something that is at the pinnacle of exellence and wealth.

"His house is so foss. I want to say amazing but only foss can describe it." That guy is isnt flossy but fossy.

See magnificent, petty, amazing, poor, dull, lackluster

6.

foss is an arabic word for fart or flatulance

tony aratet foss?????

tony did you just fart?????

See fart, flatulance, gas, ass, fanny, tooshie

7.

n.- somebody who thinks they are a boss

-a fake boss

If someone talks about getting mad biddys when they dont and self proclaiming themselves a boss they are really a foss.

When someone talks about being a boss when they have a girlfriend/boyfriend-a foss

See wangsta, scrub, weet, a nobody, nooby, fack