| 1. | Worker's Gasp | ||
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The Worker's Gasp is used at work when two employees who usually don't know each that other well cross paths and do not know what to say to one another. Instead of trying to come up with quick small talk, one or both employees will instead simply roll their eyes and let out a gasp when they cross paths and make eye contact. This is used much like a simple nod is, but unlike a nod, this gives opportunity for mutual agreement without any spoken words - the mutual agreement being that work sucks and you both don't want to be there, hence the rolled eyes and gasp. When I first started working and didn't know anyone, I would always let out a Worker's Gasp to all my co-workers that I crossed paths with.
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| 2. | worker bee | ||
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A "worker bee" is a prostitute; a woman who engages in sexual acts in exchange for money or other items of value. Especially one in a group of prostitutes. While taking a cab from the Las Vegas airport to your hotel you might say to your fellow passenger regarding the sleeze talent en route, "Looks like the worker bees are out in force tonight".
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| 3. | co-worker | ||
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Another person you are forced to be around 40+ hours a week in order to earn a paycheck. Outside of work, you would NEVER want to associate with this person except to point to them and tell the police, "Yeah, there's the idiot that stole your squadcar right there Officer". DoubleTurds: Sitting in adjacent office cubicle Dude, what if you like ate your own Poop...and then crapped THAT out, would the result be like..DOUBLE TURDS?! LOL DANG I AM FUnnY!
WorkerBee: Hmmm. Are there comparable light and oxygen levels on the Idiot planet? DoubleTurds: What? I remember this one time, there was this dude in High School, and man he was cool, I wanted to be THAT dude... WorkerBee: Looks around at other office workersIs it Friday yet? Can we just SAY it is Friday, and everyone agree to it, and just LEAVE.. DoubleTurds: I am so glad you are my co-worker, and that we are BESTEST friends.. I think I will stay over night at your crib tonight if my wife lets me..hold on, Just let me call her now... WorkerBee: Ok, I'm out! Whew, I just suddenly got very ill, something came over me...see you all on Monday!! Runs from cubicle |
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| 4. | all over it like a rash | ||
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An additional component often added to the commonly used all over it phrase, thus creating a simile. This helps to reinforce the point and also shows that the user of the phrase has a firm grasp of the english langauge.
When the standard phrase "Im all over that report" becomes dull..Instead it becomes "I'm all over it like a rash".
Shows the true passion and skill of the worker/user of the phrase or there could be some bull-shitting involved. |
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| 5. | au pair-a-legal | ||
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An au pair-a-legal is an underpaid, underappreciated non-JD'd firm worker who has to coddle some punk summer associate who don't know his Westlaw from his Lexis. The au pair-a-legal must do research, filing, and coffeeing while the punk noshes on delicious lunches day-in and day-out. Often a young female native to a foreign country or otherwise otherly occupied land mass. Most of the staff in Washington, D.C. law firms between May 15 and August 20 every year are au pair-a-legals.
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| 6. | au pair-a-legal | ||
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An au pair-a-legal is an underpaid, underappreciated non-JD'd firm worker who has to coddle some punk summer associate who don't know his Westlaw from his Lexis. The au pair-a-legal must do research, filing, and coffeeing while the punk noshes on delicious lunches day-in and day-out. Often a young female native to a foreign country or otherwise otherly occupied land mass. Most of the staff in Washington, D.C. law firms between May 15 and August 20 every year are au pair-a-legals.
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| 7. | government worker | ||
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An oxymoron. Government does not work, and no-one in government works for you. As a government worker he spent his 35 hours a week in the office emailing friends, surfing the net and periodically pretending to be busy by interfering with some innocent citizen's life.
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