Professional Holderbackers

noun

1.

A term used to describe persons who hold back in their own lives and then proceed to project their holderbacker behavior onto others to put them in a similar state of holderbackness.

2.

An activity that one engages in due to their own deep rooted insecurities and unwillingness to face reality on a consistent basis.

3.

Eager or willing to put other people down to make them selves feel better mostly through passive aggressivness.

"Look at those guys hold back, They're professionals"

"Those guys are professional holderbackers, don't worry about them"

"We are the best at what we do, we're never honest, especially to ourselves. We hold back! it's just what we do guys and we're ganna change the world!!!"

"Those guys are doing far too well me thinks, they're not holding back enough! This is not good for our health and well being... We must stop them! Holderbackers Assemble!!!"

by StopHoldingBack May 31, 2018

Consider the emotions of your lover and ensure you meet the professional challenges today. Minor financial issues may come up but your health is good.

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Consider the emotions of your lover and ensure you meet the professional challenges today. Minor financial issues may come up but your health is good.

by AddictedToAnAuditoru March 5, 2025

professional purgatory

Experienced largely during a person's mid-twenties, denoting a period of a person's professional life where they feel they are pointlessly clocking in and clocking out, endlessly over what is viewed as an infinite length of time.

"I'm stuck in professional purgatory, Sue - however many jobs I apply for, I still have the cold sweat of having to wakeup tomorrow to do the same job that I hate, day in, day out"

"I'm so glad to have escaped professional purgatory; I've finally got a job where people give me a real wage, real responsibility and a sense of worth!!"

by Marwam September 27, 2013

P.L.E. (professional life experimenter)

A person who always does and never doesn’t. When presented with the opportunity to try something this person is all in. The results often end in more failures than succeses but in the end lead to a richer life and a more rounded person.

Man, That Bill Perkins guy will try anything, he is a P.L.E. (professional life experimenter)

by Beaglecaptain March 23, 2019

Professional ranter

A person who rants about something professionally.

The Nerd character from the James Rolfe's AVGN webseries is a good example of a professional ranter

by Ryan900USAYT February 5, 2023

conscious professional

Conscious professionals are people who actively engage with the environment and community around them: working towards reducing their environmental impact on the world by making choices based on good reason and research (i.e.mostly vegan, buy local, don't waste water, avoid single-use plastic); they are open-minded and accepting of all sexes, races and cultures and take action to break down social barriers and unjust norms. While building successful careers for themselves, they are not driven purely by monetary success, but rather success in the multitude of aspects that define life as a human on this earth (including, but not exclusive to: self-growth, inner-peace, strong interpersonal relationships, connecting with nature).

"They make ecobricks at home - that's so conscious professional! "
"The house of the conscious professionals" (a group of conscious professionals living together)
"I'm a conscious professional"

by sindiswa August 28, 2018

Professional

Rosé from Blackpink

every time something goes not as planed she is professional af

by gio_ota July 19, 2019