Refers to a "buddy assistance" deal where Person A completes a yucky/difficult/boring job for Person B that he doesn't feel up to suffering through, while Person B tackles a similarly-sucky task that Person A would ordinarily have to perform himself, but also loathes the thought of doing.
I cleaned out Tiffany's garage in exchange for her vacuuming and mopping the muddy floors of my house after a boisterous post-game visit from our town's little-league baseball team... pretty fair disagreeable-task swap, if you ask me.
by QuacksO September 20, 2018

by Porno-corndog9 April 16, 2010

what most people truly do when they say they are multi-tasking. Mentally setting up a list of tasks to do in rapid sucession to get a multitude of tasks done in a short period of time.
"Oh my gosh, I've got to address this envelope, put the clothes in the dryer, check on the spaghetti cooking, and make sure to TiVo my shows."
"Better start mini-tasking."
"Better start mini-tasking."
by pharmgrl2001 February 21, 2010

Named after the greek titan Atlas, who was condemned by the gods to hold up the sky for all eternity, an Atlantean task is a task of vital importance which forever burdens whoever is unlucky enough to have to do it.
an unending duty which cannot be abandoned.
an unending duty which cannot be abandoned.
by Random-Idiot October 3, 2024

When your supervisor or manager asks you to complete a task and you put the task/duty onto another coworker while on shift.
Last night at work my manager asked me to do something during my shift. I found my nearest coworker and gave the task that I didn't want to do to them. Task Switching is really difficult to pull off since it must be consensual for the employee receiving your assigned task.
by calinelly July 12, 2021

A guy you call over after a long day or night that you just want to get between your legs and take care of you with no fuss.
I was crushing meetings all day in Chicago and had to entertain at dinner. By the time I got home, all I wanted was to call in my task rabbit and have him put me down.
by Mashpee Sal October 9, 2025
