favorable-desk scramble

Refers to where you unexpectedly get a whole string of several newly-composed UD definitions approved right off, and so you realize that the currently-online submission-judgers are apparently a more-receptive "desk" (as in, "it all depends on whose desk you land on") than the overly-critical/humorless a**h**es who seem to be typically present, and who often heartlessly/flippantly reject many of your perfectly-good and well-worded definitions in favor of stupid/negative/gross/disgusting/smutty submissions that aren't the least bit clever or funny, and which are riddled with misspellings, poor grammar, lousy/unclear wording, etc. So you hastily delve back into your "archives" of previously-rejected definitions and re-submit some of them, in the hopes that these more-fair-minded judgers are still the ones who are "watching" for new submissions, and thus they will approve this latest "crop" from you, as well.

I always try to perform the favorable-desk scramble whenever I have a chance; it's allowed me to get most of my definitions published, some of which I'd been waiting on for months.

by QuacksO August 25, 2018

Desk nest

When you're so tired at work that you curl up and nap under your desk

"I'm so tired right now, I wish I could just take a nap."
"You should desk nest!"

"I tried to make a desk nest today but my coworkers were so talkative that I couldn't get any shut-eye."

by ancientostrich September 22, 2015

Desk Jockey

A somewhat derogatory term for people with lifeless office jobs, often used by manual workers.

Person 1: I heard Ty is in management now, what does he have that I don't?
Person 2: A desk. He's a desk jockey now.

by CosmicOlivia December 1, 2023

Desk Vultures

What you and your co workers become when someone leaves the office for other employment.

One coworker says to another "Dang girl, you should have seen it this morning. They were tall over that empty cubical like a flock of desk vultures"

by Purpledove711 November 15, 2019

Desk Commute

Commuting from your bed to your desk in the morning.

Popularized with the “work from home” movement post-Covid.

Instead of commuting in your car on a long trip to work, you now must instead commute from the comfort of your sleep to your computer desk.

Employee 1: Why is Janet on the Zoom meeting today? The boss is gonna be pissed at her.

Employee 2: She probably overslept and never made the desk commute

by Dr. Roboto September 24, 2023

Desk-fat

The weight one gains by moving from a fast paced job to a sedentary position working in an office; brought on by indulging in delectable sweets and copious amounts of coffee out of boredom

Kenneth: Whoa Lindsey!! What the hell happened to you?!?
Lindsey: what do you mean?!?
Kenneth: Ever since they put you in your own office, you done gained all kinds of Desk-fat!

by #NoDreamTooSmall June 25, 2021

Desking

The Act of working at a Desk

I earned a lot of money while I was desking today.

by lieningover October 13, 2012