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Pulling an Andy

A term used when backing out of work last minute (even if you promised to you'd come in today) with no explanation (not even a lame one like "I'm sick").
1. "Hey, where's Keith today?"
"Oh, Keith pulled an Andy today. He's not coming in."
"Keith pulled an Andy? Is that what you're telling me?"

2. "Hey guys, I know I said I was definitely working tomorrow, but I'm thinking about pulling an Andy. Maybe I'll be there, maybe I won't"
Pulling an Andy by FitzgeraldsClara December 24, 2008
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Pulling an Andy

the act of travelling more than one state and/or province away in hopes of fucking some individual from destination.
Matt: Hey how did your trip go?

Jim: well I tried Pulling an Andy...

Matt: Did it work?

Jim: Nah bro, girl was on her period. I had to solo my way back.

Pulling an Andy

Not showing up to school to avoid a class you don't like; Ditching school to play over-watch and band-wagoning the Golden State Warrior.
"Damn, Josh is pulling an Andy today because of gym."
Pulling an Andy by warriorsRtrash January 16, 2017

Pulling an Andy

"Pulling an Andy" basically means being someone who always cancels plans and hardly shows up to plans be makes.
person #1: man where the hell is Andy?"
person #2: man he's just "pulling an Andy" again.

person #1: true
Pulling an Andy by yamssssss July 14, 2016

Pulling an Andy

Forgetting something excessively

Falling for stuff very easily

Failure to listen the first time

"Andy"
"Andy"
"Andy"
Andy-"Did someone call my name?"

"Andy did you know the word gullible isn't in the dictionary"
Andy- "I can't believe i fell for that"

"Where are we"
"I'm hungry"
"hey,hey,hey"
Stop Pulling an Andy.
Pulling an Andy by Adbul May 22, 2008

Pulling an Andy

Means many things such as

- Carrying the team
- Flawless execution of skill
- Never messing up
I just pulled an Andy and won the game.
or
I'm pulling an Andy and carrying the team since my teammate sucks

or
Good thing I'm pulling an Andy and winning the game instead of pulling a Michael and sucking.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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