The process of calling someone that you know is not home, or cannot answer, for the sole purpose of shifting the responsibility of the return call to the other person.
"I called him when he was on the golf course because I knew he wouldn't answer. Classic onus shift."
by Roamin' Polanski July 11, 2008
Where you physically feel parts of your theriotype's body without it being there (like an amputee that has a phantom limb but without the amputee's pain), like feeling an actual tail or ears. These phantom limbs can even overlap the normal limbs of one's body, such as feeling paws instead of hands.
by nighttherian February 11, 2016
MdnnaFngrl894: omg i didnt touch your lo mein i swear
Gdssheart4u: really?
MdnnaFngrl894: I SWEAR
MdnnaFngrl894: shift 1
MdnnaFngrl894: shift 1
Gdssheart4u: really?
MdnnaFngrl894: I SWEAR
MdnnaFngrl894: shift 1
MdnnaFngrl894: shift 1
by hotfrenchtoast May 01, 2005
The act of a boss or manager scheduling you for certain shifts so that you avoid working along side someone you are trying to have sex with. Cock blocking you by giving you bad shifts.
Man, there's this new girl at work who is so hot! But I never work with her, my manager is always shift blocking me.
by Shambles299 May 25, 2011
by House of York May 27, 2022
When a person has a significant change in the way they process any given senario psychologically; this process can be driven in a positive light or a rather brutally pessimistic perspective
Anthony has had such a great influence on the team it has caused a paradigm shift in their work ethic, and as a result people are starting to work together.
by austin henry December 14, 2015
When you are dating or hanging out with a friend with benefits and those benefits are going to be put on hold.
Friend shift: When you were dating or hanging out with a friend with benefits and those benefits are going to be put on hold.
by Rep69 September 29, 2019