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Sandbagging

usually occurs in a corporate setting, where one provides negative value to a work/company environment by doing no work but getting paid. purposeful time wasting, Can be used as a verb “sandbagging”, or used as an adjective to describe oneself "sandbagger"
Ex1: ‘Dude, can you believe that intern? All he does is Sandbag. Dude takes 45 minute out of office lol.

Ex2:

Bob: ‘Hey Chad, can you send over the documents I requested from Monday?’

Chad: ‘Dude it’s only Thursday, expect those docs next Monday.’

Bob: ‘Stop sandbagging!!’

Chad: ‘Suck my ***, my manager thinks i’m doing great. He told me in my mid year review’

Sandbagging

"Sandbagging" is a term for when a powerlifter isn't giving it their all or taking it easy when everyone else knows that they had more to give.
"He definitely could've went up on squat, he's sandbagging his lifts."
Sandbagging by zsjournal January 27, 2026

Sandbagging the Moat 

The building of additional protective infrastructure around a couch fort. Couch forts being predominantly made of pillow and potentially mattresses, thus sandbags would theoretically be made of apple pies. Popularised by the Melbourne Fort Builders Anonymous society.
Andrew: Gee Rach, you've gone to quite a bit of effort with sandbagging the moat of this week's fort

Rachel: You know it, these apple pie sandbags look silly now, but when the Saxons turn up, they ain't gettin anywhere near my Bulls jumper.

Reverse Sandbagging

To hustle or to give great effort
“We’re back in the game thanks to his reverse sandbagging.”

“I have mastered the art of the reverse sandbag”

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sand bagging

To deliberately perform at a lower level than you are capable of
He was sandbagging at practice, but kicked ass at the track meets.
sand bagging by Rob D. October 18, 2003