Someone who makes a career out of working in a particular call center. There will usually be one or two people in a call center that have been there for eight years or so (maybe longer) who have somehow escaped the regular fire-hire process that call centers go through. They usually have a tired, burnt-out look to them and can be seen hunching over their workstation in a hazy daze.
Rob wanted to be a lifer but he kept getting canned because of his metrics.
by Spirit Bear October 28, 2004
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Someone who will spend the rest of their life in prison
Most of the lifers here are miserable since they know they will never leave the prison again.
by sweet catastrophe August 29, 2009
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Intelligent but socially inept employees who lack the motivation to look for another job in this lifetime
The Lifer is often an unambitious lower-level employee who has been with the company since the dawn of Man.
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Someone who, despite forces to the otherwise, continues doing something for an extended period of time.
Guy 1: "That dude is 45 and he is *still* skateboarding?"

Guy 2: "Yeah, man. He has been skating since he was 10-years-old. He is a lifer, no doubt."
by lone sentry November 20, 2007
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In the military or elsewhere
A lowly insufficient fucker expecting retirement
And that's Pat over there, sitting on his ass, drinking coffee. He's a real lifer.
by Dwight_Guy February 27, 2015
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A career US marine after a war ends who keeps reenlisting and makes the corps
his home.It stands for Lazy Ignorant Fuck Expecting Retirement.

Not to be confused with professional US marines that love the Marine Corps and
stay because its their chosen profession. LIFERS stay because they sit around,
don't do shit,Spit shine their boots and kiss the officers asses.They fuck the working dedicated marines every chance they get.
Sgt.Wright is a LIFER. He couldn't hold down a civilian job at Mickey dees.
by Joedecop September 19, 2014
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A term to describe the state of mind resulting from what may be too many years of working closely with and empathizing with incarcerated lifers.
It was clear to me, after receiving my third write-up in less than a year, that I was suffering with an extreme case of lifer head.
by Dr Bunnygirl April 01, 2021
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