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A slow, work-related mental and emotional decline that happens when you’re underused and underchallenged—stuck in routine, unstimulating tasks (often admin-heavy), leading to intellectual boredom, professional stagnation, and unfulfillment. It’s often described as the opposite to burnout: instead of being overwhelmed by overload, you’re worn down by underutilisation of your skills and lack of meaningful growth.
'I'm not burning out, I'm rusting out'

See: Fitzsimons, S., & Smith, D. S. (2025). ‘I’m not burning out, I’m rusting out’: Investigating the causes of rustout in teacher educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1211.
Rustout by anonymous December 15, 2025
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Rustbutt 

A gay man's period.

Once a month, for usually 3-5 days, all gay men experience rustbutt, when the accumulated semen and blood from a month of butt sex is shed from the anal lining, and comes out as a rust-colored fluid.
This totally hot guy wants to come home with me tonight, but I've got mad rustbutt :(
Rustbutt by Rabbi Rusty December 18, 2015
I very smart person,plays fortnite with his daughter AirheadBilly.Best,and is the biggest WUAS ever.;)
Oh Yea im friends with RustoYT
RustoYT by Airhead222 May 27, 2021
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scruples; to have manners;

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Example 1: Child, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

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Example 2: What, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

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There are no hot girls in the area, theres only satellite baddies.
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