"Ambition by proxy" refers to a situation where someone delegates ambitious tasks, projects, or goals to another person without actively participating or contributing to the effort themselves. This term implies that the person is seeking to achieve success or recognition vicariously through the efforts of others, rather than taking on the challenges directly.
When my boss constantly assigns me high-profile projects but never offers any support or guidance, it feels like he's practicing ambition by proxy, wanting the glory without putting in the work.
You know when your wife comes up with ideas for projects for you to do but doesn't plan on helping at all? That's ambition by proxy.
You know when your wife comes up with ideas for projects for you to do but doesn't plan on helping at all? That's ambition by proxy.
by B-Riii March 23, 2024
Get the ambition by proxymug. by shaolinttv April 15, 2022
Get the blonde ambitionmug. Typically ambition is a good thing, it's something that drives you to achieve your goals and improve yourself.
But blind ambition is when someone becomes so fixated in their ambitions that they ignore everything and everyone around them. They become blinded by their own ambition, or at least inflicted with tunnel vision. This causes them to neglect taking care of themselves and their relationships.
But blind ambition is when someone becomes so fixated in their ambitions that they ignore everything and everyone around them. They become blinded by their own ambition, or at least inflicted with tunnel vision. This causes them to neglect taking care of themselves and their relationships.
(Three friends, Carl, Joe, and Rick talking, sitting at a diner table. Carl is extremely tired and his clothes are messy)
Joe: Holy shit Carl, you look bad. You look like you haven't slept in 3 days, and your clothes are a mess. You okay there? What the hell happened? You gotta take care of yourself man!
Carl: Don't... matter. Yeah... I spent... eh... 3 days straight... without sleep... renovating... my coffee shop... so what? I have ambitions... Joe... it's gonna be... the best coffee shop in the whole city!
Rick: Hey Carl, we've been calling you over the last few days and you haven't responded until now. I get that you're trying to improve your business, but you can't let your blind ambition destroy your life!
Carl: Hey... shut up... screw you... I'm not gonna... let you... get in... my way... of... *Carl slumps down and falls asleep on the table*
Joe: Holy shit Carl, you look bad. You look like you haven't slept in 3 days, and your clothes are a mess. You okay there? What the hell happened? You gotta take care of yourself man!
Carl: Don't... matter. Yeah... I spent... eh... 3 days straight... without sleep... renovating... my coffee shop... so what? I have ambitions... Joe... it's gonna be... the best coffee shop in the whole city!
Rick: Hey Carl, we've been calling you over the last few days and you haven't responded until now. I get that you're trying to improve your business, but you can't let your blind ambition destroy your life!
Carl: Hey... shut up... screw you... I'm not gonna... let you... get in... my way... of... *Carl slumps down and falls asleep on the table*
by ngicecream March 27, 2023
Get the blind ambitionmug. (To be abbreviated p.a.f.o): a new mental health disorder, when you're so blinded by your political ambition that said ambition becomes almost orgasmic. It may lead to TDS
by Sexydimma November 23, 2024
Get the Political ambition-fueled orgasmmug. by TheSpartanicaOfAnyHellstromu3e April 3, 2025
Get the Your Ambition Will Get You Killed By Own Handsmug. Ambition (the bad kind) is when someone will do anything to get what they desire.
Adjective:ambitious
Adjective:ambitious
Banana: Did you see the news?
Potato: Yeah. Something about some rich dudes friend killing him because the friend thought the rich dude was too ambitious.
Banana: I personally think the friend was ambitious.
Potato: Sometimes ambition changes the way people think, and make them do things that they will regret later on.
Potato: Yeah. Something about some rich dudes friend killing him because the friend thought the rich dude was too ambitious.
Banana: I personally think the friend was ambitious.
Potato: Sometimes ambition changes the way people think, and make them do things that they will regret later on.
by SirLatinStudent November 17, 2021
Get the Ambitionmug. When someone goes completely bald and their head is so shiny that you can't resist the urge to stick a suction dildo on their head.
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