Lazy, sloppy, incompetent cooks who frequently use short cuts as a substitute for hard-work and skill. Shoemakers are rarely capable of cleaning up after themselves, frequently earning the enmity and contempt of the dishwashers. Always check a shoemaker’s garbage bin to see what salable product has been misused, wasted, and hidden to avoid censure.

A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of "going off the deep end". Can have varying degrees of severity.

Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.

A person who does something half-ass. They do not put effort into their work therefore it lacks workmanship. Also Can be a lazy person.

Someone who is bad at whatever they are attempting to do and should be making shoes instead.

Chef/pro kitchen term. Someone who just putters around and is useless in the kitchen.

A gay dude, typically so flaming that he is obnoxious & annoying or just funny to observe.

The Shoemaker is this person in the workplace whose work ends up getting done by his line manager and/or by the firm's client. They can't sack him cos he's too cute and has been with the company from day one as well has having loads on them. People are left wondering how the work is getting magically done, and refer to those who are doing it as being elves. As in the children story " The elves and the shoemaker".