Paper-shuffling is a prevalent practice in the bureaucratic systems. It refers to the time-consuming circulation of papers and documents in an office without contributing much to the system itself.
“People could work in parks, in maintenance, the many paper-shuffling jobs there are in government." (The Washington Post)
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When something has become so progressive it ceases to function.
The act of progressivising something to the point it no longer functions as intended, or backfires.
The act of progressivising something to the point it no longer functions as intended, or backfires.
"Bro that's my third straw this meal, they just keep collapsing"
"Well that's a paper straw for you"
"Bro I can't believe Steven Crowder is a peer reviewed fat studies expert"
"Yeah they really paper-strawed themselves on that one"
"Well that's a paper straw for you"
"Bro I can't believe Steven Crowder is a peer reviewed fat studies expert"
"Yeah they really paper-strawed themselves on that one"
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Paper stack - a stack of money
paper stacking - Making lots of cash
Paper stack - a stack of money
paper stacking - Making lots of cash
by __________________________BITCH__________ June 19, 2003
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If they lose to:
Stone - The get a punch in the arm
Paper - A slap to the face
Scissors - A Nipple Cripple
Great for playing drunk normally someone ends up dead :D
Slaps are normally the worst
Remember I made this game up :D
If they lose to:
Stone - The get a punch in the arm
Paper - A slap to the face
Scissors - A Nipple Cripple
Great for playing drunk normally someone ends up dead :D
Slaps are normally the worst
Remember I made this game up :D
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Get the paper scissors rocked mug.When one has a horrificaly messy shit and realises there is no paper, hearby using a paper-saviour to clean themselves up - eg, old train tickets, pages from a book, £10 bills. Not to be confused with paper-saver.
"The night was dark, cold and remote. I had been in this toilet for six minutes now, wondering how I could get myself out of the shitty mess I had made of my arsehole. Then I seen it. A paper-saviour in the form of an old sock, disguarded like it had no purpous on Earth anymore. 'Well it would have one more use now' I thought as I wiped away smiling."
by Martin Hunter May 3, 2006
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