return on effort employed

The KPi that defined whether or not a task or energy applied to it is really worth the bother.

Rebecca: “oh lord! There’s a Lion heading towards us”
Leon: “oh cripes, we should LITERALLY RUN AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE , in order to make sure we are in front of all these other Safari tourists”
Rebecca: “er, no. It’s hot. I don’t need to be the fastest. I just need to be faster than 1 or 2 of them.
And as most of them ate lunch and I only had a date; I fancy my chances”
Leon: “oh gosh; you’re right as usual Honey - there was me always wanting to be the best at everything I do (inc. running from Lions) but actually it’s so hot, the “return on effort employed” or ROEE just isn’t there”
Rebecca: “thank the lord; finally you get it (see also 20:80).
Leon: “yes - I coined that one too”

by L30NRB August 8, 2020

clabberative effort

Refers to where two or more individuals work together to properly ferment milk into a thickened state in preparation to creating yummy "curds 'n' whey"-type dairy-products like yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, etc.

I love to hang out with my Amish neighbors on Thursdays when they gather in one of their kitchens to make their creamy-milk delicacies to sell at our town's Saturday farmer's-market --- what a delightful clabberative effort it is!

by QuacksO July 7, 2018

Efforted

Having been attempted as a result of effort

The task was efforted by 3 boys.

by iamnotmyself July 1, 2022

Failure to make a concerted effort to keep me alive

You are REALLY struggling with that one, huh?

Hym "Failure to make a concerted effort to keep me alive. Me dying isn't going to save your. You haven't made a concerted effort to keep me alive and the bodily harm clause allows for ACCIDENTAL death (upto and including getting hit by a drunk driver). Now, it doesn't say anything about ME keep MYSELF alive. It says YOU have to make a concerted effort to keep ME alive. You motherfuckers really struggle with the YOU vs ME distinction don't you? So, killing me, letting me die, denying me care. None of that is going to stop anything. OK? You get it. MY thing IS going to work. YOUR thing is not. You don't do what I do. Me. You. Get it? OK."

by Hym Iam August 27, 2025

limited effort

Giving as little effort as possible.

This year I'm going as a sociopath to the Halloween party. It takes limited effort to achieve this.

by dogmaeathwork December 29, 2015

effort theft

when a gamer carries on with the old data or logs onto another gamers account and takes all their items (eg:gold) that they have worked for.

someone logged into my account and stole all my weapons! thats effort theft!!!

by Tiger🐯queen .stripes February 20, 2018

Valorant Effort

When you're playing a game and someone makes an effort but the effort was actually quite mediocre or straight up bad so instead of being a valiant effort it must be concluded it was a Valorant Effort

Opposite of a "valiant effort"

"Go B go B, you got this bro"
*horrible peek and loses instantly*
"eh, it was a Valorant Effort.."

by Kaiser Pepe :^) November 26, 2023