this is a term describing a person who picks and chooses his jobs usually taking the gravy work for himself and leaving the shity work for all the others picking through the pile or whatever
he was picking through the pile of work orders so he could find the car he would flat rate the most time in the least time and when they caught him they said hey dont pick through the pile you fucking sifter
by skyjack_fixer@yahoo.com October 30, 2007
noun person who acts in a sifty manner especially in pubs/clubs etc. Originated Otago University, New Zealand.
by snicksnacknicerack June 11, 2005
sifter n.
Middle English siften, from Old English siftan
Through a uniquely New Zealand south island experience, sifter has come to mean much more. A somewhat sarcastic twist on the first NZ usage (being to search for meaning); it is 'doing stuff' so long as that stuff has no bearing on a career, paid work, community work,
Wanaka is now home to many fine exponents of the sifting way.
Middle English siften, from Old English siftan
Through a uniquely New Zealand south island experience, sifter has come to mean much more. A somewhat sarcastic twist on the first NZ usage (being to search for meaning); it is 'doing stuff' so long as that stuff has no bearing on a career, paid work, community work,
Wanaka is now home to many fine exponents of the sifting way.
by Willi_B June 23, 2005
verb.
1)To blend in/push in with other people, generally to ones advantage. A sifter is one who sifts, and is generally looked down on.
2) To come on to/ spade someone without any encouragement.
1)To blend in/push in with other people, generally to ones advantage. A sifter is one who sifts, and is generally looked down on.
2) To come on to/ spade someone without any encouragement.
1)Hey, that guy just sifted into the queue. That's not fair, we've been waiting far longer than that sifter.
2) Ew, Kelsey won't leave me alone. He's such a sifty bastard.
2) Ew, Kelsey won't leave me alone. He's such a sifty bastard.
by PlumTea May 30, 2004
noun. homo sapien specifically originating from lincoln university, canterbury, new zealand.
highly intellectual but actually well spoken pikey.
interests: lsd,pot, farmer scaring, surfing and sifting.
capable of blending in any social circle and only detectable by another sifter.(see sifter)
highly intellectual but actually well spoken pikey.
interests: lsd,pot, farmer scaring, surfing and sifting.
capable of blending in any social circle and only detectable by another sifter.(see sifter)
by chanelle knows where u live September 14, 2003
by Oslang-utang November 27, 2016
Fox News on the propaganda sifter just mentioned that Bush is one of the greatest presidents the US has ever had.
by Noir July 16, 2006