by Ben Starling October 20, 2008


A trip taken by one or more co-workers during the work week, which has no legitimate work or family purpose, and is achieved through misdirection to fool work colleagues into believing it is a legitimate family trip and to fool spouse/family into believing it is a legitimate business trip. When executed properly, this seldom used, high-risk tactic, can result in significant time away from both work and family but often results in awkward silences with or nonsensical explanations to co-workers and apologies to spouses and/or family members. The “flea flicker” is considered an extreme variant of the “stretch.”
Worker 1: Have you seen co-worker X, Y or Z this week?
Worker 2: No, I thought they were in New York for meetings.
Worker 1: There are no meetings in New York this week, they must be running the flea flicker again and I can’t wait to hear the explanations for their simultaneous disappearances.
Worker 2: No, I thought they were in New York for meetings.
Worker 1: There are no meetings in New York this week, they must be running the flea flicker again and I can’t wait to hear the explanations for their simultaneous disappearances.
by MDM_1234 December 31, 2012

Sarah - "I don't know if I should take him back again?"
Jess - "For god's sake girl! Stop being such a flicker and get rid of him for good!"
Jess - "For god's sake girl! Stop being such a flicker and get rid of him for good!"
by Alex who is not ne of these December 30, 2005

by Boldmama February 4, 2010

Something stinks. John, did you just lay a flicker?
Yeah man. Must be those beans I had earlier. Sorry 'bout that.
Yeah man. Must be those beans I had earlier. Sorry 'bout that.
by Aphik December 31, 2009

He’s such a suck up to both teams. Flickering asshole.
Why do you have to be such a flickering asshole? When you want to fuck me up, at least do it right.
Why do you have to be such a flickering asshole? When you want to fuck me up, at least do it right.
by c16a July 4, 2021
