doing something you hate in a place you hate with people you grow to hate for the majority of your day for the majority of your life.
by GreyAndBoring November 30, 2011
Get the work mug.1) Used to describe a class of professionals who work in fields associated with information, creativity, social-media, etc. Derived from previous uses of "collar," e.g. blue-collar, white-collar, green-collar.
2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.
2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.
Ex. 1
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."
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At the end of a Halo game, everyone playing takes the number of deaths they had during the last round, does that many push-ups and then proceeds to do double that number of sit-ups. The goal is to equal out days of Halo play with a little excercise.
Alright, I had seven deaths. I'll do the Halo Workout and be back in seven push-ups and fourteen sit-ups.
by Jennzinn February 24, 2009
Get the Halo Workout mug.A workout routine performed without the use of specialized exercise equipment. The workout is performed using only items found in a prison cell; chair, bed, bars, walls, floor, etc.
by Dee Munay January 21, 2010
Get the prison workout mug.when someone you try to avoid at work catches you at your desk when you are not paying attention, thereby holding you there against your will while they spout their meaningless opinions about work goings-on
this can also occur in hallways/stairways/others' offices
this person does not necessarily have to be a coworker, work rapists may include: salespeople, delivery people, children of the owner
this can also occur in hallways/stairways/others' offices
this person does not necessarily have to be a coworker, work rapists may include: salespeople, delivery people, children of the owner
Valerie: "Where's Mike?"
Janet: "Oh, poor guy, Herbie is in today - caught Mike at his desk and is work raping him about some new scheme he has."
Valerie: "HR really needs to do something about our frequent work rape situations!"
Janet: "Oh, poor guy, Herbie is in today - caught Mike at his desk and is work raping him about some new scheme he has."
Valerie: "HR really needs to do something about our frequent work rape situations!"
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