Refers to comparatively short intervals of labor that you perform in one of two situations:
(1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.
(2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.
(1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.
(2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.
As a physically/mentally-infirm bachelor living alone, I find that warm-up work is a real life-saver for many necessary tasks that I might otherwise find excessively discouraging or exhausting, such as hanging out clothes on the line or cleaning up around the yard. I also often Swiss-cheese the job --- working a little of the chore, then taking a break to play on the computer for a few, then going back to tackle the cranky task for a little longer, then checking out a few more humorous/cute Facebook posts, and so on.
by QuacksO October 30, 2018
Get the warm-up workmug. The cruel act that involves placing a small piece of fresh feces and placing in on the front tooth of a comrade.
Victim:"Dude this coffee tastes like s***"
Friend: "Oh man check yourself in the mirror, someone must have given you the Santa Barbara warm tooth"
Friend: "Oh man check yourself in the mirror, someone must have given you the Santa Barbara warm tooth"
by lawbyjake April 10, 2015
Get the Santa Barbara Warm Toothmug. by RedRayvyn November 5, 2011
Get the Warm-Up Jobmug. by BrianHope69 August 12, 2017
Get the warm raspberrymug. (1.) A polite way of saying the person has only just left his/her bed.
(2.) The person recently died, and the recipients of the will want their estate immediately.
(2.) The person recently died, and the recipients of the will want their estate immediately.
Mr. Lockley: I'm terribly sorry about your aunt Jane, Jim...
Jim: Thank you, Mr. Lockley. So then, do you know whenabouts I can expect my lump-sum payment of the will?
Mrs. Lockley: For heaven's sakes Jim. The covers are still warm!
Jim: Thank you, Mr. Lockley. So then, do you know whenabouts I can expect my lump-sum payment of the will?
Mrs. Lockley: For heaven's sakes Jim. The covers are still warm!
by Gmwilkie George November 14, 2018
Get the Covers Are Still Warmmug. A submissive Speaks to his/her Dom -' Yes Ma'am my slutty little mouth is open for all the warm champagne you can provide me with
by Philip The Sub November 7, 2012
Get the Warm Champagnemug. the warm mirage is a phenomenon describing how civilizations in warmer environments, despite having less intelligent individuals, initially outperform those in colder environments due to greater access to resources, fertile land, and milder conditions. however, over time, colder civilizations surpass them as they gradually learn to better exploit their available resources.
Person 1: If people further from the equator are so superior, then how come civilizations in warmer climates initially outperformed them?
Person 2: Ah, that's just the warm mirage.
Person 2: Ah, that's just the warm mirage.
by zkint February 24, 2025
Get the the warm miragemug.