Colleague

Someone one works with.

"My colleague,John, is sick today! So now i have to help him do his work! " Mark complained.

by beanspwwout September 14, 2021

Colleague Zone

Similar to the Friend Zone, except in a platonic work environment .

That person you talk to in the office but have no aspirations to be friends with outside of work hours.

To clarify this is one step below the Friend Zone

In the office at closing time on a Friday

Fred: So what are you doing this weekend?
Jane: ah, you know just meeting up with my friends and doing other cool stuff with my friends.. so ya I will see you on Monday.. at work.

Jane has Colleague Zoned Fred

by Daimaga March 20, 2016

colleague fatigue

That feeling when you're sick and tired of a coworker, often accompanied by the vain hope that they get a job somewhere else and leave.

After that shitty email from Alex earlier, I'm feeling a lot of colleague fatigue this afternoon.

by A-concerned Bystander November 2, 2021

Colleague-zoned

A contemporary phenomenon that occurs when Dating App conversation is saturated with career talk, becoming difficult to secure a date.

There are similar parallels to the ‘friend-zone’. Any attempt to escalate the match to a date is blocked by the girl saying “I feel that you are more like a colleague”.

Hey bro, did you see that hot girl Ranz I been speaking to on Bumble? We have heaps in common with work.

Sounds like Ranz has already colleague-zoned yo ass.

by C U Nxt Tuesday September 20, 2022

Colleague-zoned

A contemporary phenomenon that occurs when Dating App conversation is saturated with career talk, becoming difficult to secure a date.

There are similar parallels to the ‘friend-zone’. Any attempt to escalate the match to a date is blocked by the girl saying “I feel that you are more like a colleague”.

Hey bro, did you see that hot girl Ranz I been speaking to on Bumble? We have heaps in common with work.

Sounds like Ranz has already colleague-zoned yo ass.

by C U Nxt Tuesday September 20, 2022

Colleague-zoned

A contemporary phenomenon that occurs when Dating App conversation is saturated with career talk, becoming difficult to secure a date.

There are similar parallels to ‘friend-zone’. Any attempt to escalate the match to a date is blocked by the girl saying “I feel that you are more like a colleague”.

Hey bro, did you see that hot girl Ranz I been speaking to on Bumble? We have heaps in common with work.

Sounds like Ranz has already colleague-zoned yo ass.

by King Dragger September 20, 2022

Colleague's We

A concept derived from software development teams or other teams that have split workloads. It entails a person that does little to no work, but always boasts about "we" and "us" doing work towards the goals the company sets. Often referred to as a free-loader, but more specified towards this use-case of a team-member that acts like they do work but doesn't.

Anne: Did you see how Oliver talked like he didn't have just 2 hours of work last week?
Brian: Yeah, he uses that colleague's we a lot when talking to the boss, so nobody notices him slacking off.

by Sagaaaa August 26, 2025