Labor Digger

Labor Digger
noun
A man who accuses women of being “gold diggers” while simultaneously expecting unpaid domestic, emotional, or logistical labor in return for minimal financial contribution.
Originated as South Side Chicago slang in the 1980s as a satirical counter to “gold digger” claims. The term flips the economic accusation: instead of extracting money, a “labor digger” extracts cooking, cleaning, childcare, emotional management, and life administration.

Concept:
Highlights the double standard where financial provision is treated as transactional, while unpaid labor is treated as expected.
In short: If gold is money, labor is time — and time is currency.

“He says women just want his paycheck, but he can’t boil water and needs a reminder to pay his own bills. Classic labor digger.

by SChiLinguist February 26, 2026

Labor Digger

A woman who benefits from a man’s unpaid labor in everyday life, expecting him to handle countless tasks that make her life easier and more comfortable, often without acknowledgment or reciprocation. This includes fixing leaking taps, unclogging sinks, assembling furniture, cutting tree branches, carrying heavy items, repairing cars, changing tires, replacing light bulbs, ceiling fans, and air filters, cleaning gutters, washing windows, power-washing driveways, loading and unloading groceries, transporting large purchases, cooking meals, preparing snacks, planning birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other events, buying gifts, stocking household essentials, coordinating family gatherings, mediating disputes, listening to her vent, giving advice, tracking bills and deadlines, driving children to school, tuition, sports, and classes, helping with homework and projects, changing diapers, bathing children, putting them to sleep, attending parent-teacher meetings, supervising outings, setting up electronics, carrying luggage, running errands, handling paperwork, taxes, legal documents, protecting the home and family, organizing closets and storage, maintaining appliances, trimming hedges, shoveling snow, mowing lawns, decorating for holidays, coordinating contractors, fixing furniture, maintaining vehicles, and performing countless invisible physical, emotional, and mental tasks that keep her life and household running smoothly.

Hey look, I love my wife, but she’s become a real labor digger! As her husband, I’m assembling furniture, cutting tree branches, carrying heavy items, repairing cars, changing tires, cleaning gutters, power-washing driveways, transporting large purchases, mediating disputes, listening to her vent, helping with her DIY projects, carrying luggage, handling taxes, protecting the home and family, taking care of kids needs and their future, teaching life lessons and sports to kids, shoveling snow, mowing lawns, coordinating contractors, and maintaining vehicles performing countless invisible physical, emotional, and mental tasks that keep her life and household running smoothly, all while feeling completely unappreciated and exhausted!

by UnpaidHeroMen March 14, 2026

Labor daugh

when your john pappy slips you a sticky paper with dirt and you smoke it on labor day and walk around dressed as a break dancing naked pigeon while also being very suspicious of the line of brown midgets following you that you have no idea where they came from even though really you have just been shitting a dotted line on the ground as you walked around because the evaporated tree baby was almost definitely laced with laxatives.

Sum guy: "Liggin cats, I mean what the fuck are you doing break dancing and shitting at the same time dude? I didn't even know that was possible"

the person in question: "AUUUUGHGGHHH DUUUDEE I HAD PAPER AND I THINK ITS LABOR DAUGH AND I DONT LIKE NIGGERS!"

by Schrodinger's cock pasta February 25, 2025

Laborandthegreens

A unique Tasmanian term, said by rusted on liberal party voters who cannot distinguish between two political parties

“I really hope Tasmania doesn’t elect Laborandthegreens in the election”
“You realise that’s two different parties yeah?”
“No it isn’t!”

by Tassielocal July 19, 2025

labor shortage

what elites say when people aren't lining up by the hundreds to work for pocket change

" bob declared there is a labor shortage after he was unable to hire anyone to work for his construction company for the rate of $4/hour"

by superduperpasta July 23, 2025

laborshitz

French guy working while taking a shit

“During the morning meeting, Jacques was pulling a full-on laborshitz — typing reports while sitting on the toilet.”

by Senior Moki September 29, 2025

labie

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.bi/
Definition:
1. Soft, flexible external skin fold enclosing the mouth (boca).
2. Human lip, either inferior.
3. Lip-formed anatomical feature.
4. Edge or rim resembling lips.

Significance:
• It defines lips or lip-like structures.
• It emphasizes facial features.
• It identifies anatomical parts.
• It avoids Scandinavian-Germanic origins.
• It simplifies descriptions of lips.
• It improves clarity in medical contexts.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "lip".
Singular noun: labie
Plural noun: labies

Examples:
• "Cosmetic surgery enhances labies' appearance."
• "Dentists examine labies for oral sanity."
• "Artists sketch realistic labies in portraits."
• "Babies suckle labies instinctively."
• "Fashion magazines highlight glossy labies."

by Dmitrio October 13, 2025