To loaf or goof around on the job. Supposedly an old union term describing laborers (or more specifically, bricklayers) who were going so slow, it was as if each brick were made of solid gold. One can alse be referred to as a "goldbricker".
Dude, I spent all day at work goldbricking - surfing the web, making long distance phone calls - basically just picking my ass.
by The Colonel August 6, 2003
Sitting around and looking good, but doing nothing.
Always applied to lazy people, but best addressed to those who pretend to be working in order to look industrious, and avoid punishment or harder jobs; also, for those who think they are attractive and therefore shouldn't have to work.
Always applied to lazy people, but best addressed to those who pretend to be working in order to look industrious, and avoid punishment or harder jobs; also, for those who think they are attractive and therefore shouldn't have to work.
1. "That counter is clean, so don't pretend to wipe it -- you're just goldbricking so you can stand around and chit-chat."
2. "Don't stand there goldbricking; you're not too cute to wash your own damn dishes."
Also: "I just asked myself, 'Where would I go if I was goldbricking?' -- and there you were." -- Sgt. Mary Gumm, from Friday, by Robert A. Heinlein.
2. "Don't stand there goldbricking; you're not too cute to wash your own damn dishes."
Also: "I just asked myself, 'Where would I go if I was goldbricking?' -- and there you were." -- Sgt. Mary Gumm, from Friday, by Robert A. Heinlein.
by ladiesbane May 18, 2011
by Dustin December 3, 2003
One who is a practicing goldbricker; a cheap substitute; a fake; a poser. One who pretends to be something that they are not.
". . .get your phony goldbricking ass out of my quiet beach community." -Malibu Chief (also from "The Big Lebowsky" 1998)
by Scott Harriger January 14, 2007
1. to avoid doing what you are supposed to be doing
2. a person who avoids doing what they are supposed to be doing
2. a person who avoids doing what they are supposed to be doing
by Light Joker May 6, 2006
"Let me tell you something else. I've seen a lot of spinals, Dude, and this guy is a fake. A fucking goldbricker." -Walter Sobchack, from The Big Lebowski (1998)
by Dustin December 3, 2003
When are those union goldbrickers going to finish that job ? They've turned a two month project into six.
by BigTed1203 August 27, 2009