grinding their axes and sharpening their pencils

Pretending or appearing to be busy while doing nothing.

The inability to accomplish a task due to laziness, incompetence, political posturing, lack of ability, stubbornness or other reason that has no relation to the problem at hand.

Worthless posturing, yelling and fighting among politicians that comes to nothing when they are done.

Congress spend 8 months grinding their axes and sharpening their pencils and were only able to reduce the national debt by $10.

grinding their axes and sharpening their pencils by JavaJaneOhio January 6, 2012

tonsil sharpening 

When you sandpaper the head of your penis and testicles to create increased sensitivity in that region.

"I was tonsil sharpening before my girlfriend came over last night, and I climaxed when she gave me a hug."

tonsil sharpening by Unequality February 8, 2010

Shanning 

When you desperately want a relationship so you convince yourself you have a crush on someone close to you. This can sometimes end in you telling them you like them and them rejecting you, leading to the end of your friendship.

"I'm totally shanning Chris right now"

"Do you really have a crush on Emily?"
"I don't know just think I'm shanning her"

Shanning by DevilBabyHairs July 15, 2017

shauning 

a state where you feel like you’re dying

The flu has me by the balls, I’m literally shauning

shauning by The threader February 27, 2022

Pencil Sharpening Day 

Pencil Sharpening Day is an international Holiday, taking place on October 27th, which was recently popularized by the Youtuber cs188.

While the true origin of this annual holiday is unknown, experts believe that it originated in the middle ages, when feathers that were used to write bibles were thrown onto a pile and then were all sharpened on pencil sharpening day.

There is also rumored to be another Pencil Sharpening Day in November, which could not be confirmed, though.

Woohoo! It's pencil sharpening day! Hahahaha!

Pencil Sharpening Day by RacerN2O December 7, 2016

Min shanning 

When you malfunction, overthink, or stress out while doing work.
Named after a famous student from Singapore, Lee Min Shan

I can't seem to function normally, I'm min shanning so hard right now.

Min shanning by Min shan not min shanning April 10, 2023

Shanning 

1. To talk shit and get hit.

2. To try your best at sports such as football and track and end up being a horrible thing to watch.

3. To eat your fortune along with the cookie at a Chinese food buffet.

4. To viciously masturbate mentally

1. If you keep shanning then shits going down.

2. I was shanning so hard in practice today, I have to find a way to not suck.

3. We were sitting in the restaurant and out of nowhere this dumbass just starts shanning.

4. My mom caught me shanning to my imaginary girlfriend while i was playing xbox.

Shanning by Ol Dirty Drawz April 10, 2011