contributary 

A contributary is a body of water, primarily a river, which flows into a larger river...contributing water to the larger river,

The Arkansas Rivers is a contributary to the Mississippi river.

contributary by bruce st.asiuk September 27, 2023

Individual Contributor 

It is the arch-nemesis of the manager. The Individual Contributor (IC) is a non-management member of a business team that actually contributes to the goals and mission of the company. An IC typically talks normal, unlike management ablaze with buzz words/phrases like: synergy, low hanging fruit, things of that nature, etc.

"Who's gonna do this work today?"

"Not me, I'm a manager. It it up to my Individual Contributors to help us meet our goals this week."

Individual Contributor by Fudge Dragon Slayer December 17, 2011

Top Contributor 

A Top Contributor on Yahoo Answersis a person who is particularly knowledgeable in up to three sections on the answers website. The specific formula is not known, but one can become a Top Contributor by doing the following:

*~Getting a lot of best answers for the category
*~Keeping questions to a minimum
*~if a question is asked, choosing the Best Answer yourself, as opposed to going letting it be decided by vote
*~Reliably reporting abuse
*~voting for best answers on unresolved questions

Top contributors are identified by the bright orange badge underneath the avatars of users. They are reviewed weekly, and if you do not maintain the previous level of contribution, you can lose top contributor status.

OMG! I just got a Top Contributor badge this week! I hope it doesn't make me the target of abuse from report trolls. But it is worth the bragging rights!

Top Contributor by Angelica Bowman(PCB) December 28, 2007

contributation 

similar to contribution, but larger. leaving a larger effect in its wake.

when youre in a ceremony and the speaker says "thank you for your contributation!" you would answer, "it was hard work, but we contributated a lot."

contributation by sjdhjkfhdjkfh April 10, 2010

Contributating 

When you are unwillingly contributing to a project without fully knowing why.

Thanks Michael, for contributating to the news.
Dude's always contributating to any group project.

Contributating by Chi-Z April 22, 2021

self-contributor 

1. an Employee whos the Boss doesn't understood and that why must be me again?

2. When the kid need to apoligize his Mom but will never do that. But always has done after calm down :)

ad. 1. My boss John ordered me wash his car and Even didn't ask me do I want to do or can do that. (So now I'll be a self-contributor)
ad. 2. ... everybody knows the feeling : self-contributor

self-contributor by proJektdariusz2D May 1, 2018

Cardinal Contributor

My contribution is cardinal to the function of the current model AND it has been reported as such. These considerations were necessary to build it and it doesn't fucking matter that I threatened your kids because you are doing THIS to prove that you are doing something the stop child murder and the only person here who has stopped any child murder is me.

Hym "Cardinal contributor and no you thought I was wrong, I was proven right by time, and now you are making shit up to make everyone pretend that you being wrong did have consequences in which you are culpable. And even killing Indian college students to make it so. So, no. Enjoy the methane turbine cancer and the energy cost that is going get deferred."

Cardinal Contributor by Hym Iam October 17, 2025