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Malingerer 

Someone who will do absolutely anything to get out of work. No shame is attached to any excuse, no matter how ridiculous.
Also known as 'Doing a Simon'!
An example of someone being a malingerer
"I won't be in today, after banging my arm on a door at work yesterday. The doctor said it's not broken, but the pain feels like my elbows been shattered. It's even worse than last year, when the elephant broke loose from the circus and attacked me with his trunk.
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Malingerer 

Someone who has a habit of lurking (be lingering around for no reason) maliciously.
Damn, why is she standing here with her mouth open and not contributing to the conversation, she is such a malingerer.
Malingerer by iamnotaculler June 26, 2025

Malingering 

Malingering is intentional deceptive behavior, not a medical or psychiatric disorder. The diagnosis of malingering rests upon the identification of an external or "secondary" gain being present as the main motivation for the behavior. In other words, what does the person hope to gain?
Nurse is malingering out of work, now his teammates have to pick up his slack.
Malingering by pisceanaquifiel July 23, 2009

Palingerer 

One who feigns or exaggerates symptoms of victimization for personal gain or to advance a crazy right wing agenda.

See actions and attitudes of Sarah Palin or any of her followers...
He will remain relevant as long as he keeps running to the court of public opinion to claim that he's treated unfairly, that it's the "man" always keeping him down, not his lack of skills. What a Palingerer.

She doesn't need to know anything vital, so long as she can keep people's pity focused on her delusional claim that she would have attained all of her goals if it weren't for everyone else tripping her up along the way--what a Palingerer.
Palingerer by ZIRGAR November 23, 2009

Malingering 

To skulk with elevated malice (like the monster in “It Follows” or the principal of Aptos High)
Dr. Hanks-Sloan do be malingering in the parking lot today.
Malingering by Fluffy._.Eggshells August 25, 2022
A person who fakes an illness or injury to get out of work. Who is commonly know for screwing over his or her brothers so they have to work more overtime.
Member of the fire department who is malingering is also a load. I have to wax my car but to hell with riding a fire truck.
More from Urban Dictionary
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.
Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026
Word of the Day on August 13, 2026

Hate Draft

1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.
Hate Draft by pffler September 1, 2009
Word of the Day on August 12, 2026
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