circle work

When a group of office workers are given the same assignment to type up and the last one finished has to print out the papers, put it on a cracker and eat it

We had a circle work today, Jimmy lost and had to eat everything

by eric8576 November 2, 2005

circle work

When true-believer employees stand around talking ecstatically to each other about how great the company is because of the "amazing work" they did; this typically creates a toxic smugness that pollutes the rest of the workplace.

Guy 1: Those dudes are being so loud - I can't even focus on my work.
Guy 2: Right? I can't believe they're still circle working over that sale they landed last month. It wasn't even that big of a deal.

by anna_kush May 24, 2018

Circle work

Typically instead of a standard burnout at a set of lights or a stop sign, or perhaps at an intersection in front of a small group of people, “circle work” is kept for such occasions when a large group of people is available to view the display. The vehicle owner doesn’t just do a burnout. They try to burn that clutch and tyre tread down as much as possible whilst slowly spinning the car in circles so they can still a) view the audience, and b) not choke to death on the clouds of rubber smoke being churned up from the tyres.

They have degenerated into muddy, rum-soaked, all-night drinking sessions, complete with circle work by hungover ute drivers the following morning.

by AliGeeeee May 6, 2024

Work the circle

A phrase meaning to efficiently accomplish a task by being the outlier of a choactic or upredictable scenario, similiar to how hyenas or wolves herd their prey .

WAITER: "Table 1 and 3 want their plates abd two is undecided what ahould i do?
Manager: Work the circle, take order from table one and three then go back to two.

by Capuchin for Hire January 16, 2022