[Idiom] boss move?

[mioumama]

Please tell me what "boss move" means.
By context, He seems like meaning "cool" or something.

 

[SirGod]

* Not a teacher

Can you post the context? It doesn't mean much without it.

 

[mioumama]

Dear SirGod.

Thank you for your reply.

It's from an American drama.
A man put some kind of special effect on the video and said the line below smiling.

"No computer-generated cheat.
That's something the audience can really invest in.
Oh, you see that?
Boss move, ain't it?"

Can you tell what he means?

* Not a teacher

Can you post the context? It doesn't mean much without it.

 

[BobK]

Dear SirGod.

Thank you for your reply.

It's from an American drama.
A man put some kind of special effect on the video and said the line below smiling.

"No computer-generated cheat.
That's something the audience can really invest in.
Oh, you see that?
Boss move, ain't it?"

Can you tell what he means?

I can't be sure. It seems possible that the first two lines are self-congratulation about what he's done, and the next two are an imagined conversation between two admiring users - with 'boss', as you suggest, meaning something like cool'.

b

 

[Tullia]

I would agree with the others to an extent. In most computer games, the final villain or challenge to be defeated (at the end of a game or the end of a level, and usually more difficult to beat than other "baddies" so far) is known as the "boss villain" or simply the "boss"; thus a "boss move" is usually used to refer to a clever and difficult to achieve move or action on the player's behalf, perhaps one required to beat the boss, which I suppose the right kind of person would consider a "cool" move.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(video_gaming)

 

[mioumama]

Oh! It's about video game! I see.
Now I understand the meaning.
Thank you Tullia.

I would agree with the others to an extent. In most computer games, the final villain or challenge to be defeated (at the end of a game or the end of a level, and usually more difficult to beat than other "baddies" so far) is known as the "boss villain" or simply the "boss"; thus a "boss move" is usually used to refer to a clever and difficult to achieve move or action on the player's behalf, perhaps one required to beat the boss, which I suppose the right kind of person would consider a "cool" move.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_(video_gaming)

 

[mioumama]

Dear BobK

I understand that it may mean something like "cool".
Thank you for replying!

I can't be sure. It seems possible that the first two lines are self-congratulation about what he's done, and the next two are an imagined conversation between two admiring users - with 'boss', as you suggest, meaning something like cool'.

b