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Shovel Ready 

Similar to pork-barrel spending.

1. Infrastructure projects that CANNOT be started quickly, EVEN when funds become available.

2. Plain old government waste.
On Oct.13 2010, in an Interview with the NYT, Obama said "there's no such thing as shovel ready projects."
Shovel Ready by DimDawg February 27, 2011

shovel in the face 

A common insult for someone who has a flat face or squints a lot
hey will, shovel in the face!!
or will is such a shovel in the face

shovel monkey

n. Originally a person employed to dig small holes or move gravel from place to place but now used in an unflattering manner to describe office or retail workers on low rungs.

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If there's too many boxes to unpack just get a couple of shovel monkeys to help.

Really? Wow! I thought I was a shovel monkey.

You are, but today you can have some lesser shovel monkeys to boss around. No flicking feces at them though.
shovel monkey by gnostic1 September 16, 2011

shovel man 

n. A friend who know's where your secrets are hidden such as drugs, porn, mistresses or illegal activities and upon your death will clean out all evidence of your bad habits before your family finds out about your "other side". He's called a "shovel man" because once he has all the evidence he's supposed to bury it where no one will find it.
I'm not worried about Darla finding my porn stash if this plane crashes, my shovel man, Steve's got that covered.
shovel man by MickD October 15, 2007

Shovel-Ready 

A state of readiness, needing only a shift in resources - monetary, emotional, psychological - in ones favor.
I'm shovel-ready for a relationship with Betty, if only she knew I existed.
Shovel-Ready by Darren O'Donnell January 28, 2009

Shovel Troll 

A girl whose face is so disgusting it looks like someone poured gasoline on it, lit a fire, and then put it out with a shovel.
God damn that girl is fuckin ugly, shovel trolls like her make me wish I'd stayed in the womb.
Shovel Troll by Dick Wartell April 30, 2006