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Spite work

Unnecessary busy work imposed by employers to make sure they get their money’s worth out of employees or unnecessary working conditions imposed to micromanage employees.
I can perform my job better from (insert any location that makes sense), but am being told to go do it (insert other location that does not make sense) to keep tabs on me. This is some serious spite work.

You perform all of your duties, but are being asked to do some extra spite work that makes no sense and is usually mandated by someone else who is not an expert in your field.

Bad professional development/meetings that could have been emails just for the sake of having professional development/meetings are spite work.

When you are done with your work and more spite work is piled on because it would be a shame if you had nothing to do and were still being paid
by Reojo January 30, 2021
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Shelf-work

When you're engaged in a sexual act and need the assistance of some furniture (preferably a shelf) to aid your performance.
We were going hard at it and both yelling for more so I got some more leverage off the book-shelf to bring it home, it was some seriously awesome shelf-work.

Oh my god, it was amazing, he had me screaming with his shelf-work, I think I gasm'd about seven times.
by Dicko7 August 14, 2018
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cry-working

cry-working (krIE-wUHR-king)

When the COVID-19 situation triggers completely unexpected and unexplained emotional upset, but day drinking is not an option because you need to keep tele-working and be productive.
"Dude, I need a break from the news and the negativity, I've spent my whole week cry-working!"
by hellfyrekat May 22, 2020
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work for the mafia

an elegant way of excusing yourself from present company to go take a shit.
"excuse me for a moment, i must go work for the mafia"
by cin- May 5, 2014
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devil’s work

doing or saying something horrible to another thing or person that makes it seem as if the devil is doing it.
“Hey did you hear about Kylie cheating on Chris?”
“Yeah…truly the devil’s work”

“Why did you push your friend into the pool?”
He snickered before responding, “it was the devil’s work”
by friedgravy March 26, 2023
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cry-working

cry-working (krIE-wUHR-king)

When the COVID-19 situation triggers completely unexpected and unexplained emotional upset, but day drinking is not an option because you need to keep working and be productive.
"Dude, I need to take a day off from the news & negativity, I've been cry-working for the last week!"
by hellfyrekat May 22, 2020
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Day Work

The act of doing installation/pleasure work while being sober during daylight hours.
Jeremy, did you put in Day Work on that girl again?
by SweetMeat August 26, 2013
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