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Free ricer

free·ricer: free-rahys, -rahys; noun, verb; free riced, free ricing.

1. Somebody who procrastinates crucial work in order to improve his or her vocabulary.

2. An individual who spends a majority of their time playing a game that is available on the internet where with each vocabulary question answered correctly 40 grains of rice are donated by a sponsor to UN World Food Organization.

Origin: 2008 combo; ME fre, OE fréo; c. Goth freis, OHG ; (G frei), D vrij, Skt priyá- dear. Cf. friend, Friday & ME ris, rys < OF < It riso, risi (in ML risium) < MGk orýzion, deriv. of Gk óryza
Boss: Did you get those TPS reports from Katy?

Sonja: No Boss, Katy is a total free ricer. She may never get them done, but she sure has a resplendent vocabulary!
Free ricer by Arianna K. May 17, 2008
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freerice 

A charity website where users play a vocabulary game in order to raise money to fight world hunger.

FreeRice began on October 7, 2007. It was created by John Breen, a computer programmer from Bloomington, Indiana who also created thehungersite.com and Poverty.com. Breen invented the site, and typed in all 10,000 definitions, after observing his son study for the SAT.
Freerice.com is a legitimate charity website.
freerice by The Artful D0dger January 5, 2008

Freerider 

Freeriders are the people who did nothing in group projects or works. They simply enjoy skipping meetings and earn their bad reputation.
Jenn is a freerider who only appeared once in the group project when the group member list is edited.
Freerider by Dawest November 21, 2021
Someone who does no work on a project, but takes all the credit for it.
"Did he actually do anything for the project?"
"No. He's a freerider."
Freerider by Theothertrooper January 13, 2026

Advanced freerider 

A type of school project freerider who seems to has contributed something but in fact is worthless.
He's well known in class of being an advanced freerider. No one wants to group with him.