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Jobseeker's Allowance

Also known as JSA, this is the standard state handout to the unemployed in the UK.
Jobseeker's Allowance is paid by Jobcentre Plus to Jobseekers, who are required to actively seek work.
In order to receive Jobseeker's Allowance you must go to a branch of Jobcentre Plus so that a member of staff (a Dictator) can find out what sort or work you will have to look for - which is usually the most lowest paid, temporary and agency work. This will be called your Jobseekers Agreement.
If the dictator decides you are doing enough to find work, you will get paid a paltry sum that is not enough to live on.
In order to continue receiving Jobseekers Allowance, you must visit the Jobcentre Plus every 2 weeks - known as "Signing On" to show a dictator evidence of what you have done to find the work that is put down on your Jobseeker's Agreement.
This is very demeaning and the Dictator will make you feel very small and guilty that you are still a jobseeker.
If the dictator thinks you have applied for enough menial jobs but havent got one, you will be eligible for another payment of Jobseeker's Allowance.
You will then have to go back in another 2 weeks to do this again for your next payment of Jobseeker's Allowance.
If the Dictator decides you are not applying for enough jobs, he or she will stop your claim and you will no longer be eligible for any Jobseeker's Allowance.
I'm going up the pub tonight, got me Jobseeker's Allowance paid today!
by unemployed person April 22, 2009
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between jobs

A clever and discreet way of saying your unemployed.you've had a job,not currently working,but will be working in the near future.
"so where do you work at Joe?" "Oh,uh... Im actually between jobs right now,how about you?"
by DonSantos December 12, 2008
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Holy grail of all jobs

The key to a ghost job is inside the holy grail. outside the cave where indiana jones killed the nazis in indiana jones and the last crusade is the holy grail (Here is why the nazi's wanted the chest..supposedly Hitler wanted it). Inside the golden chest there is a white sheet, the main ingredient in the Geej. This sheet is a Ghost hunters main weapon in order to become a ghost buster and the picture evidence to not be a Danny Phantom, (poser). But the holy grail of all jobs is the ghost job.
God: I Place Thy sheet into the holy grail, so that a lucky ghost hunter can ghost bust a ho. This Job is the holy grail of all jobs. I here by send thy chest down onto the Earth.

The holy grail, holding the sacred sheet has not been found.
by Dr. Cock pHD. December 27, 2011
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Jobstown

A place in West Tallaght - Dublin, Ireland that is well known for drug deals, stabbings and drive by shootings.
Tallaght is a really nice place if you pretend that Jobstown doesn't exist.
by Any Hash? June 18, 2016
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They Took Our Jobs!

Phrase of outcry created by South Park in response to the influx of immigrants stealing American jobs.
"I lost my job as a delivery man because those goobacks came in and did the same work for less, THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!"
by Bob April 29, 2004
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Cockblocked by Steve Jobs

The act or reactive measure when the opposite sex makes eye-contact with you and then proceeds to plug in their iPod as a defense mechanism to prevent you from making a move on them.
Josh: I saw this girl on the bus and was going to hit on her, then she busted out her iPod.

Sam: Aw man, you got cockblocked by Steve Jobs
by FreshPrince369 February 27, 2009
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Joosab

To 'Joosab' is to entice someone out of their hard won riches using a devious ploy, i.e. to swindle them.

It primarily means to swindle with indifference, be it a stranger or a life-long friend, everyone's a target. A 'Joosab' is often carried out through unscrupulous trickery, used to defraud others and eliminate enemies.

To Joosab also incorporates the worst swindling of all, emotional swindling. Ruthless and devastating, it occurs when a Joosabian uses counterfeit emotion to win the hearts of the masses, before dismissing them and hence crushing their spirits. Many who have been so severely Joosab-ed often never recover.

To 'Joosab someone's heart' is a phrase often used to describe heartbreak.
GOOD GOD! I'VE JUST BEEN JOOSAB-ED!
by JustAnotherPenguin November 25, 2010
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