effort ghosting 

When you're talking to someone and they aren't putting effort into talking to you

"Dude why tf are you effort ghosting me?"

effort ghosting by liiza February 22, 2023

economical of effort 

A clever way of calling someone, including yourself, "lazy".

1: Damn, man, you're so lazy!
2: I'm not lazy, I'm just economical of effort.

economical of effort by Losyak April 28, 2013

last ditch effort 

A final, pathetic attempt to do something when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

As a last ditch effort to become the cool kid and bring down all the jocks that shoved him in his locker and and threw him into piles of horse manure, Gerry turned to UrbanDictionary.com, where he could freely post definitions like "Gerry is da man" and "Joe Sparks is a poop-eating twatfaced loser".

last ditch effort by Nick D August 13, 2004

A for effort 

Nice try, but the final product sucks.

Kid: Mom! Dad! Check out this painting I did in class today!
Mom: It looks wonderful son!
Dad: Sigh, A for effort, I suppose.
Mom: Honey, don't be so hard on him, the painting is decent for his age.
Dad: I was talking about us.

A for effort by kpmandookid June 23, 2011

last bitch effort 

noun, potentially a verb last bich ef-fert: That person I met online, hung out with a few times and drops off the face of the Earth. All of a sudden they resurface after a few weeks with an "explanation". Usually with the "I wasn't ready" excuse.

Me:"You know that guy I slept with a few weeks ago and really liked but he decided to hit it and quit it".
Friend: " Yeah"
Me: "Well I finally heard from him yesterday-he said 'I am not really good at this and just not ready for it. It's not fair and I'm sorry'."
Friend: "What the hell does that mean? Why did he even contact you again after you stopped talking to him"
Me: "Not sure, but it was probably just a 'last bitch effort' because there were no other takers either".

last bitch effort by jennib36 August 10, 2015

weak effort

A weak effort can be one of two things
1. Someone who is weak and feable in mind body and soul, someone who cannot stand up for themselves in any way shape or form otherwise sometimes known as a tizzard.
2. A failure when attempting to do something. By failing to succeed in the task this could cause you to be known as a weak effort.

1. someone pathetic walks out their house "what a weak effort"
2. ryan whiteys after a single bong "what a weak effort"

weak effort by waynerooney August 29, 2006

Grade-to-Effort Ratio 

A wonderful ratio that shows how hard you must try in high school in order to virtually keep the same grade, as you would normally. This is perfect to lazy people, as colleges will see a 98 and 93% as the same: an A. If someone must try their ass off to hold a 98 percent, and let's say they put in a 10/10 effort. The grade to effort ratio is 9.8. However, if the same kid does a half ass job and still gets a 93%, lower but still an A, their grade to effort ratio will be rougly 93/5 = 18.6, much higher.

The same holds true for GPA. Let's say someone has a 3.9 and tries to the maximum (10/10), the grade to effort ratio will be 3.9
Let's say their friend has a 3.7 and they didn't do shit all year (6/10), the grade to effort ratio is 6.2

The thing is, it is exponentially harder to achieve just a few percent higher, yet if you suddenly stop trying hard, your grade will barely drop. I don't recommend this if you're teetering between a B+ and an A- for example, but if you have an 86, and try your ass off, you could do half ass work and still get an 84, the same result.

This does not work for everyone but many people can relate to how they have to bust a nut just to increase their grade by 1 percent, and how they can maintain their current grade with half the effort.

Joey and Brandon, two high school kids of similar academic aptitudes...

Brandon - "Yo Joe, whats ur GPA, I have a 3.68 and i'm busting my ass to do it"

Joe - "Ha, you try-hard, I have a 3.65 and i'm just chilling in all my classes"

Brandon- "Well i'm still doing better"

Joe - "But is it worth staying up all night studying, missing practice, and having no friends? Just for an extra 0.03 percent?

Brandon - "Yeah I guess dude, no matter how hard I try, I can't break the 3.7 barrier;I figure if I just jack off the rest of the year, I"ll basically get the same grade"

Joe - "Exactly, increase your Grade-to-Effort Ratio, its not worth the extra 0.03 points to not have a life."

Grade-to-Effort Ratio by The One Wise Man June 13, 2013