Results for “Work”

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Burnout
noun

Total physical and mental exhaustion from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#mental-health#money#internet
Banjaxed
adjective

Broken, ruined, or knackered — works for machines and humans alike.

#irish#uk
Bro Split
noun

A workout plan hitting one muscle group a day — classic gym-bro programming.

#gym#fitness#internet#meme
Venere
adjective

Verlan for 'enerve' (angry/annoyed) — means pissed off or worked up.

#verlan#french#argot#slang-terms
Godinez
noun

The Mexican office-worker stereotype — the corporate nine-to-five drone.

#spanish#mexican#money#meme
Cark It
phrase

To die, or for a machine to break down completely and stop working.

#aussie#death#phrase
Quiet Quitting
noun

Doing only the minimum required at work, without actually resigning.

#gen-z#internet#money#mental-health
Sickie
noun

A day off work claiming illness — often when you're not actually sick.

#aussie#work#abbreviation
Stubbie
noun

A short, squat 375ml bottle of beer — and 'stubbies' are also iconic short work shorts.

#aussie#drinks#beer
Stall
noun

An accomplice who screens the thief — the body that blocks the view while the foin works.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
Leg Day
noun

The dreaded workout for legs — and the meme about everyone skipping it.

#gym#fitness#american#meme
Clock In
verb

To start working — also used jokingly for showing up to do anything.

#gen-z#money#aave#internet
Laburar
verb

Lunfardo for 'to work', lifted straight from Italian immigrants' lavorare.

#lunfardo#spanish#argentine#tango
Dewdropper
noun

A Jazz Age layabout, a young man who slept all day and dodged work, the original slacker.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Lay Some Iron
phrase

To tap-dance, to lay down some hot footwork on the floor.

#harlemese#jive#1930s#harlem-renaissance
Bludger
noun

A lazy person who avoids work and lives off others — the Aussie word for a freeloader.

#aussie#insult#work
Pump
noun

The temporary swollen, tight feeling when blood floods a muscle during a workout.

#gym#fitness#american#meme
Bare Minimum Monday
phrase

Easing into the work week by doing only the essentials on Monday.

#gen-z#money#internet#mental-health
Hitta
noun

A loyal crew member down to put in work — pronounced like 'hitter' without the hard ending.

#hip-hop#aave#american#gen-z
Nadsat
noun

The invented teen argot of A Clockwork Orange, named from the Russian suffix '-nadtsat' (-teen).

#nadsat#clockwork-orange#fictional#literary
Act Your Wage
phrase

Only do the amount of work your pay actually justifies.

#gen-z#money#internet#meme
On The Grind
phrase

Working hard and consistently toward a goal, especially making money.

#gen-z#money#hip-hop#aave
NSFW
adjective

Not Safe For Work — a warning that the content is graphic, sexual, or NSFW to open in public.

#acronym#internet#texting#meme
WFH
phrase

Working From Home.

#gen-z#money#acronym#texting
Werk
interjection

A hyped-up 'work it' — a shout of approval when someone looks or performs flawlessly.

#aave#lgbtq#drag#ballroom
Breakin
verb

Dancing to the breaks with footwork, spins, and freezes, the raw original form of breakdancing.

#hip-hop#old-school#1980s#vintage
YMMV
phrase

Your Mileage May Vary — what worked for me might not work for you.

#acronym#internet#texting
Yakka
noun

Hard work — usually 'hard yakka', meaning genuine physical graft.

#aussie#work#indigenous
B-Boy
noun

A break-boy who lived for the breaks, throwing down on cardboard with footwork and freezes.

#hip-hop#old-school#1980s#vintage
Chamba
noun

Slang for 'work' or a 'job' — the daily grind.

#spanish#mexican#money#general
Chamba Está Cabrón 18+
phrase

Mature content — open to view.

#spanish#mexican#money
Burnt Out
adjective

Mentally and physically drained from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#american#texting
Overemployed
adjective

Secretly working multiple full-time remote jobs at once.

#gen-z#money#internet#meme
Active
adjective

Genuinely involved in road life — putting in real work, not just rapping about it.

#uk#british#hip-hop#aave
Hustle Culture
noun

The belief that you must constantly work and grind to be worthy or successful.

#gen-z#money#internet#mental-health
Greaser
noun

A working-class youth with slicked-back hair, leather jacket, and a love of cars and rock-n-roll.

#1950s#greaser#rockabilly#vintage
Bread
noun

Money, cash, or earnings — the dough you work for.

#1970s#disco#funk#soul
Darkmans
noun

The night, in the cant — when the angler hooked windows and the prig went to work.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british