This is a GovernmentCheck for basically doing nothing. It could be a State or Federal Check. Examples of State Checks are Unemployment, Welfare, and other State Programs. Federal Examples are the Big Enchilada of them all: S.S.I. & S.S.D.I. The Child Tax Credit Wheez that Hyperinflation Joe had pumpin' was another one. Landlords with tenants on Section 8 are also getting Lump Checks.
Man, I really need the first of the month to arrive so I can get my Lump Check!
A person who achieves a desired position due to one or more nonjob competency related criteria. The organization may deem that the criteria helps their public or other social favorability. I.E. the candidate "checks the box". This term and related policy has become more frequently used in politics and in very large public or private companies, to not infrequent embarrassing ends, since a more competent applicant would have been overlooked in favor of a box checker.
The public affairs spokesperson frequently misspeaks and typically does not have answers for easy questions. It looks like they were hired a a boxchecker for their position.
The act of intentionally bumping another person's shoulder with your own shoulder as you walk past them. It is meant as a display of open aggression or simple disrespect depending on how roughly the shoulder check is performed.
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.