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God's Work Syndrome

God's Work Syndrome, or GWS, is the condition where someone is convinced that the work they are doing is of utmost importance to humankind, aka, God's work. Not applicable to situations where someone is actually doing societally important work, i.e., doctors, firefighters etc. But rather used when someone is deluded about the importance of their job in improving people's lives, and feels entitled, ex. entrepreneurs, academics.
"He thinks the VCs should just blindfold themselves and hand him all the funding he needs to run the company, because he's going to give free energy to the masses. That man's got God's Work Syndrome." "My boss just implied that our research project is more valuable than the Apollo program. This guys has some God's Work Syndrome."
by laser_jock January 27, 2024
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Works

the needles or droppers the dope fiends use do shot up
The dopefiends works got clogged so he had to clean it out.
by ThA_oNlY_1_nOvA January 12, 2006
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work

WORK WORK ANGELICAAAAA, ELIZAAAAA, AND PEGGY, THE SCHYLAr SisTERS-.
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Working ass and cheek

Working hard for something, that usually shouldn't be that hard or is overcomplicated.
Guy1: I fucking hate biology class, I be working ass and cheek every damn day I'm there, and the teacher barely does her part. She didn't even read the questions.
Guy2: Yeah, I got 6 questions done when she told us that we should be finished, and I was working faster than most people.
by Kingdoms of Fear Project March 23, 2022
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rage work

rage quitting a game and proceeding to do something useful with your life
After playing Skyrim for two hours without saving, James died. He then started rage working on his essay due tommorrow.
by ThePolishAmongUs April 6, 2015
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Crane Works

A woman whose knockers are so big that she has to have a crane to move them.
That woman must work for Crane Works!
by Tom Hankins November 3, 2008
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Work

The physical and mental straining of abilities to complete a task/job in order to be rewarded with a form of intrinsic/extrinsic gratification.

Although unpleasant and painful, work is the meaning of life for all species of living creature. Amongst all the animals of the earth, only the human race has had the privilege of having the option to choose the work they do. Although humans can choose the work they do, no matter how good the work, it can be painful even though it might be the passion of that individual. Despite the nature of work, the most successful individuals in a society are capable of carrying the burden of work and removing useless distractions.
Man #1: Hey man, you down to go to the nightclub tonight after work?
Man #2: No my bad, I got more work to do at home.
Man #1: What do you have to do so late?
Man #2: I have to go study for the midterms, I'm almost done with my degree.
by M1. Potato March 2, 2024
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