An unconventional leave type that denotes the state of being on paid employment leave while actively working voluntarily. Sometimes the work is from home other times it involves working from office as usual. The term was first coined by Bankers from Nigeria's during the Corona virus pandemic when most people had to work remotely and is widely used by working professionals to refer to a not so conventional leave plan
1. Funmi asked Nkenna if he was planning on taking a working leave or a regular vacation as the year was almost over.
2. Amaka decided to take a working leave as she knew she'd have to come to the office once in a while during her leave period
2. Amaka decided to take a working leave as she knew she'd have to come to the office once in a while during her leave period
by Checkmate001 May 8, 2020
Get the Working leavemug. Females with families don't do more chores/work around the house or childcare work than males with families. They just often forget that it takes two parents to raise a kid they both made, because they want complete control over the marriage, and claiming that they do more than half the work (more than 50/50) instead of half the work (50/50) is a good way to gain complete control of the marriage. That way if their husband disagrees they can just become a single mother and get more attention/support/power over their ex husband for it. It's interesting how females in relationships with other females never complain about one spouse doing more of the work than the other, they can both claim to be doing more work than everyone else, and they can both claim to be right always, with nobody there to stand up to them with a disagreement.
In order to know how much work another person is doing, you'd have to be them, and someone can only do that with their imaginations.
by The Original Agahnim October 7, 2021
Get the Workmug. Shampoo you leave at work to wash your clip in hair extensions that you are still wearing from the night before for a last minute happy hour randevu with a new boo.
by Ginap September 2, 2022
Get the work shampoomug. by Hym Iam July 14, 2025
Get the Working towards thingsmug. Its used to describe a person who repeats, contradicts and are generally egotistical and "so far up their own ass" to admit any fault or wrongdoing
"Its alright, but did you know he used to work for blizzard:
You can also use
"I literally never talk about working for blizzard"
You can also use
"I literally never talk about working for blizzard"
by SoftwarPirate July 25, 2025
Get the Did you know he used to work for blizzardmug. by Stopsayingit November 17, 2021
Get the Heard workingmug. Refers to comparatively short intervals of labor that you perform in one of two situations:
(1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.
(2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.
(1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.
(2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.
As a physically/mentally-infirm bachelor living alone, I find that warm-up work is a real life-saver for many necessary tasks that I might otherwise find excessively discouraging or exhausting, such as hanging out clothes on the line or cleaning up around the yard. I also often Swiss-cheese the job --- working a little of the chore, then taking a break to play on the computer for a few, then going back to tackle the cranky task for a little longer, then checking out a few more humorous/cute Facebook posts, and so on.
by QuacksO October 30, 2018
Get the warm-up workmug.