1.
verb - to give the job, to job: to not do (task), to not attend (event), to avoid (person)
2. suffix - way of describing any task of person, often not as part of a complete sentence
3. phrasal
i) Job
done: task completed
ii)
Gone job: extremely inebriated, completely exhausted (rare)
1. a) "Have you done that 1000 word essay yet?" "No, and I'm not going to - I'm giving it the job."
b) "I really don't want to go to the lecture this
afternoon - I think I'll job it."
c) "I was supposed to meet Fred for lunch today, but I had so much to do that I had to give him the job."
2. a) "Essay job?" (meaning: "Have you done the essay?")
b) "MSN job?" (meaning: "Shall we
converse on MSN?")
c) "How was Hand job this morning?" (meaning: "How was the lecture given by Professor Hand this morning?")
3. a) "Have you sorted out all the papers?" "Yeah, job done."
b) "
Joe's almost
drunk all of that bottle of vodka - he's a complete gone job."