by ANTHRAXVIRIS April 13, 2005
Get the Tankard mug.Drunk, inebriated or intoxicated with alcohol.
Most likely derived from the single handled drinking vessel of the same name.
Most likely derived from the single handled drinking vessel of the same name.
by Paul Stead February 26, 2008
Get the Tankard mug.A taskalanche is an event that occurs when a cohesive collection of tasks, usually in a vertical gains sufficient mass to overcome the friction permitting its precarious balance upon a sheer vertical mountain of other, typically older, tasks.
In contrast to an "avalanche" which slides and follows down a slope, a taskalanche typically topples. While there is often an initial diagonal rotational movement, the mass of tasks tends to become airborne, able to fly individually, then striking downward with an unnaturally coordinated and concentrated initial high-energy crushing impact followed by a trailing stream of additional tasks.
The precipitating event - commonly referred to as "the straw that broke the camels back" and other colorful metaphors - is usually the addition of one or more tasks in a haphazard or careless manner by a party ignorant of, or unconcerned with, the load-bearing capacity of the existing tasks and supportive structures.
Observers of a taskalanche may mock and/or sympathize with the victims, and there is a substantial amount of victim-blaiming, a belief that the victims brought this mess upon themselves through weakness such as procrastination, naiveté, idiocy, incompetence, ignorance, incontinence, negative karma, rambling run-on sentences, etc.
Victims of a taskalanche are typically defensive, believing all fault to lay with those that suggested or contributed the tasks, never their own failure to perform or be more selective about acceptance.
In contrast to an "avalanche" which slides and follows down a slope, a taskalanche typically topples. While there is often an initial diagonal rotational movement, the mass of tasks tends to become airborne, able to fly individually, then striking downward with an unnaturally coordinated and concentrated initial high-energy crushing impact followed by a trailing stream of additional tasks.
The precipitating event - commonly referred to as "the straw that broke the camels back" and other colorful metaphors - is usually the addition of one or more tasks in a haphazard or careless manner by a party ignorant of, or unconcerned with, the load-bearing capacity of the existing tasks and supportive structures.
Observers of a taskalanche may mock and/or sympathize with the victims, and there is a substantial amount of victim-blaiming, a belief that the victims brought this mess upon themselves through weakness such as procrastination, naiveté, idiocy, incompetence, ignorance, incontinence, negative karma, rambling run-on sentences, etc.
Victims of a taskalanche are typically defensive, believing all fault to lay with those that suggested or contributed the tasks, never their own failure to perform or be more selective about acceptance.
I just got hit with a taskalanche at work. I've been ignoring pointless tasks for years, and now suddenly they're all urgent and critical. Pick a lane, people.
by mesi October 7, 2020
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Get the Takari mug.- when you just don't feel like working
- your tent needs to dry
- or that unfortunate event when your girlfriends car breaks down and a sick day is warranted to repair it
- a Tasker has been known to be taken when a clumsy moment has lead to you stumbling down stairs or falling out of a shower
- or sometimes you just want to leave work early
NOTE: there are unlimited Taskers at hand
NOTE: there has been an addition of an atomic tasker where you take the first day back from leave as a "sick day"
- your tent needs to dry
- or that unfortunate event when your girlfriends car breaks down and a sick day is warranted to repair it
- a Tasker has been known to be taken when a clumsy moment has lead to you stumbling down stairs or falling out of a shower
- or sometimes you just want to leave work early
NOTE: there are unlimited Taskers at hand
NOTE: there has been an addition of an atomic tasker where you take the first day back from leave as a "sick day"
"...i cant come in today, we went camping and i think the tents and gear needs to dry"
His doing The Tasker!
"...my girlfriends car broke down 2 days ago...i need to fix it"
His doing The Tasker!
"...it looks like its windy outside and there might be a storm outside, i better leave just in case...you never know"
His doing The Tasker!
His doing The Tasker!
"...my girlfriends car broke down 2 days ago...i need to fix it"
His doing The Tasker!
"...it looks like its windy outside and there might be a storm outside, i better leave just in case...you never know"
His doing The Tasker!
by Thats_funny November 12, 2012
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