Shreve Shifting

To manually shift the gears in an automobile with an automatic transmission.

Quit the Shreve Shifting, will you? Who do you think you are...Richard Petty?

by P. Funk December 20, 2010

Grave-shift

Indeed the loneliest and scariest of shifts. No live human should work a Grave-shift, however sometimes duty calls. Just don't quit on your break.

I've been, working this Grave-shift.
And I aint made shit
I wish I could,
buy me a spaceship and flyyyy
Passst the skyyyy-yyyyy

by LEFAG April 1, 2015

Suicide Shifts

Working back to back at 2+ jobs, while working on minimal food and sleep

Him: Have you seen lacy lately?
Her: No, she has been working suicide shifts for the last few days.
Him: Is she emotionally stable still or nah?

by EmeraldGemz November 26, 2016

ctrl-shift-esc

Ctrl+Shift+Esc is an alternative key command to Ctrl+Alt+Del, for systems with Windows Vista or higher/newer installed. It may also be available in older versions of Windows, depending on system configurations (i.e. multiple user accounts are registered to the system/computer). Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del will typically bring up the Windows Security screen. From there the Task Manager is accessible, among other options (log off, change password, shut down, etc.). In contrast, pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc will launch the Task Manager directly, skipping the step of navigating the Windows Security screen. Both are equally effective. It is up to the individual user to determine which is most convenient.

In campus library:

Student: "WTF! My laptop froze AGAIN!! I'm never gonna get this assignment done..." -reaches to hold power button down-

Student's friend: "Whoa, wait a sec! Try hitting control, shift, escape. It might be not be Office that's crashing. Save yourself some hassle."

Person across table: -looks over at the two, confused- "Don't you mean control, alt, delete?"

Student's friend: "Same idea, but this is a little quicker."

Person across table: "Oh. I hadn't heard of that. Never mind, then." -shrugs and returns to reading-

Student's friend: -presses ctrl-shift-esc, then navigates Task Manager to look for unresponsive program(s) to close- "See, it was the media player you had going. You would've lost a whole page if you just shut it off like that."

Student: "That's awesome! Thank you!"

by DHotdog85 November 7, 2013

Graveyard Shift

The worst shift to work; one must work through the night while tired and bored as fuck.

John: You comin' to the party tomorrow night?
Mike: Nah, I got the graveyard shift.
John: Ouch, sorry man.

by boreda August 8, 2012

low down and shifty

Someone who doesnt feel right, you cant put your finger on it.

"I'm low down and I'm shifty!
'And if you hear a man that sounds like me smack him
and ask him where the fuck did he get his damn raps from..'" - Eminem low down and shifty

by babnuggetz April 11, 2009

Cherry-Shift

When you road-trippin' with your homies and ya'll gotta take turns to drive...and Cherry, is the girl who would never drive longer than 40 minutes cause she's the 'Princess'.

Aww damn, we're back in LA from Vegas already? Thanks for clockin' in 4 hours bruh. I just busted me a Cherry-Shift. Shieeeeet.

by classyc June 29, 2011