work hard and play hard

Buzzword (technically phrase) frequently used to describe the 'culture' of a company, particularly startups or larger corps trying to project a cool image. In serious usage it's intended to imply that while there's a lot to do it's never thankless and that employees enjoy the experience overall; in practice, it generally means you're going to be working a lot of late nights without overtime for fear you won't be seen as a 'team player'; if you're lucky, this is recompensed by an open bar at the company holiday party.

You're probably not lucky, if you've taken a job where this was supposed to be one of the selling points.

"This is a really vibrant, growing organization. People love it here. We work hard and play hard." -- an interviewer you should not trust with your life or your livelihood. Run.

by ardith March 22, 2013

NES Hard

Used to describe an incredibly difficult game or situation featured within a game. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was known for numerous titles that offered challenging and/or near impossible levels or tasks that resulted in extreme frustration from gamers. The term is most commonly applied to current games due to the lack of difficulty in most modern titles.

I can't play this game anymore, its NES hard! It's ridiculous!

by Tuatsu October 20, 2010

Hard Pants

Pants that don't have a stretchy, elastic waistband. During any pandemic, the desire to wear only elastic waistband pants instead of pants like jeans,

During the pandemic, Victoria refused to wear hard pants.

by mckilt May 22, 2020

flying hard

getting a boner while running a marathon

- Hey Tom, how was the marathon?
- Good, except i was flying hard half of the race.

by flying hard May 11, 2011

bagel hoarder

A typically obese woman with an intense love for varying types of bagels. Her and her pack will hoard a supply of bagels and leave only the healthy oat bran bagels for everyone else. They are also known to use an overabundance of cream cheese.

I really wanted an everything bagel, but the bagel hoarders got to the supply too early this morning.

by ktrane March 3, 2004

hard bass

A genre of dance and music which was popularized in Russia and involves large amounts of people, usually in Adidas tracksuits and leather vests dancing in public areas in an aggressive stomping fashion.

I saw some gopniks doing hard bass in the center of Moscow!

by DanDaMan020 May 16, 2016

hard stuff

An alcoholic beverage that contains a high percentage of alcohol and/or will intoxicate someone very quickly. 100 proof.

Just give me some of the hard stuff.

by Kevino June 18, 2006