A task that you have not actually started, but you have thought about starting at one point in time (no matter how long ago it was); meaning there is a notable achievement on the task and therefore there is progress to report to your supervisor.
To Boss: No sir, the project isn't done yet, but it's in the works.
by MexiJewMike June 25, 2007
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It's like the first slice on a loaf of bread....nobody wants it. If you receive the work, you will definitely be fucked up after because you aint experienced anything like it before.
Sam said he wanted the work, so I gave him the cooking of a life time.
by TurnM3Up November 12, 2019
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A term to describe the tedious and boring indentured servitude that most people are forced to endure to get money. Generally, not a pleasant experience.
"No, I can't come to the party tonight. I'm working late."
by KonaKenny July 10, 2008
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doing something you hate in a place you hate with people you grow to hate for the majority of your day for the majority of your life.
we're not born to spend our lives at work, fuck this shit
by GreyAndBoring June 08, 2011
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The deceitful act of making oneself appear busy during office hours in return for payment.
I'd love to help with that important task, but I've got some other work I need to do.
by The Gonzo Lecture March 03, 2010
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Like prison but without perks such as recreational breaks, a library, and drugs.
Dave discussing his options to Mike;

Dave ' I need a change, work is really getting to me'
Mike ' Imagine a life with no bills, no debt, no commute to work, no stress'
Dave ' Prison sounds like a better option'
by MJwrites July 28, 2017
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The most prominent term for a needle on the urban streets of Philly. It is used for injecting heroin and other drugs.
The editors at urban dictionary are so out of touch with real urban slang that they don't know a work is used to mainline diesel.

On Christopher Columbus Day I wake up to fix my work with sambuca, mainline a shot, then down a black bitch cause it's sambuca day, ya bish.

The urban dictionary editors should mix a speedball of that soft white girl with some diesel from the "old potato chip factory" in the badlands and drawl it up in their work, get really fuckin turned up, and get the fuck out of their air conditioned offices, so they can find out what the " urban" words people use really are.
by Phmns52 October 17, 2013
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