Working off your guilt

When a boss, romantic other, friend or family member does something for you, and you have no other way of paying them back, to simply be charming and fair in other ways to pay your dues for having underappreciated them.

Kat: Jeanne, you took me back as your friend again, but I don't know, I don't know if it's healthy.

Jeanne: Look, I know you're still working off your guilt, but good things happen to people like you!

by Ereck Flowers February 14, 2015

the work

Term used to describe undoing learned patterns from your family, environment, to live in a more free state. Also used simultaneously to describe unlearning internalized patterns from society such as sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.

"She's done the work."
"She's doing the work"
"He's done the work."

by sparklychazzles March 26, 2021

Work Pizza

Delivery or carryout from the Domino's pizza chain.

So-called because the company offers special deals for corporate accounts; consequently, it has become the go-to pizzeria for office parties.

"Anyplace but Domino's. This ain't the office, I don't want no work pizza."

by Colonel_Panic November 12, 2023

Work

Pay for work? Labor? Intellectual property that amounts to more that YOU ever could have accomplished or will accomplish EVER for the reason of your life?

Hym "Yes. I expect you to pay for work and these people ARE NOT GOING TO FEEL BAD FOR YOUR DEAD KIDS WHEN I TAKE THEM AS A CONSOLATION PRIZE IF I DO NOT GET THAT MONEY."

by Hym Iam June 27, 2025

consequential work

Work that is discovered while original work is in progress and immediately takes priority over your original intent. Consequential work involves significantly more effort/time/resources than the original work required.

So I was painting the kitchen, when a chunk of the wall comes right off in my hand because hornets had built a nest and chewed right through the drywall. Luckily, the hornets weren't home, but I'm gonna have to get rid of the nest and patch the drywall before I can finish painting. Nothin' like consequential work, damn it!

by Wolfeadr December 31, 2016

Not going to work

It'll be full credit or it will be child murder and there is no inbetween.

Hym "Not going to work. If I'm not getting credit it will be your kid's ass! Let me know. We can end it today. You figure out what you're going to tell the parents? You look your kids in the eyes and tell them "Mommy and Daddy love you but I have to let him kill you because if I don't it sets a president that says I can't stalk, harass, and rob people if they threaten the life... They are going to take..."

by Hym Iam February 2, 2024

make-work

Noun. A societal or employment position that exists solely because funds from a money-cloud (such as tax money, tuition, endowments, and non-profit organizations) was used to create it. It's title, usually having several multi-syllabic words, is an example of the "inverse law of word length and importance". It is usually a useless position that someone with several higher-education degrees holds (and perhaps even invented themselves). The purpose for its existence is to virtue-signal on both the make-work-er and make-work-ee's parts. It is meant to persuade people based on their appeal to authority.

"Margaret's make-work position is that of a biology education researcher whose research focuses on making undergraduate science learning environments more inclusive. Trained as a Ph.D. neuroscientist, she transitioned to discipline-based education research and is an expert on course-based undergraduate research experiences and making undergraduate science learning experiences, specifically active learning courses and undergraduate research experiences, more inclusive. Her research focuses on students with concealable stigmatized identities such as religious students, LGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities, as well as the impact on students of instructors revealing these identities in the context of the classroom. Her research in biology education has been internationally recognized and featured in Science Magazine, as well as in numerous news outlets, including the NY Times, CNN, and Scientific American."

by Wichita.Downspout June 2, 2023