Doing the most amount of work in the least amount of time, using the least amount of effort.
Guy1 "Dude how does that guy get straight A's while doing almost no work?"

Guy2 "Idk, he probably uses the conservation of effort"

Guy1 -"Damn, i should start using that too"
by g.d.t. March 23, 2011
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