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wage slave

regular worker/employee. someone with no autonomy who must work to survive.
I am a wage slave at McDonalds
wage slave by Giselle Gardonyi March 16, 2004

minimum wage slave 

someone who works very hard for very little and doesn't get much satisfaction from their job. They can't leave as they have a family to support or think that they won't be able to find a better job.
"I hate this job and I'm sick of being a minimum wage slave. Oh well, I'm going to win the lottery soon anyway."
minimum wage slave by Paul Carey August 30, 2007

wage slave

Someone who earns only enough at their job to pay basic expenses.

Sometimes refered to as 'working poor'.
"Retirement savings?! I'm a wage slave. I make $5 an hour."
wage slave by Andrew July 2, 2004

wage slave

Someone who is stuck at a low paying job, might have 2 part-time jobs just to be able to pay for necessities while not being able to afford to save up money. Getting fired or sick enough to not being able to go to work might make the person not afford to pay rent and become homeless.
wage slaves dont have the opportunity to choose
wage slave by hippo knight January 1, 2021

Wage Slave

What 99% of humanity has to be in order to keep a roof over their head and put food on the table.
Me: Very few people get to do what they want with their lives. Unfortunately I'm not one of them. I'm just another wage slave.
Wage Slave by Minderbinder September 1, 2023

wage slave

Is a person with little to no education who works for wages. These people are usually slaves to their employer and have to kiss butt otherwise they will be fired. Being that these people don't have many other job opportunities, they are forced to live the rest of their lives working for wages and being a slave. Their only other option besides being a wage slave is going to jail or becoming homeless. Because they lack job skills, they are very limited in the type of work they can do. Many adults who are wage slaves now, dropped out of school and got caught up in the popularity game. Or they are people who never took school seriously and instead wanted to party like a rockstar. These people are basically the physical labor of this country and if they misbehave at work they are fired. Then they lose their living quarters,cars,family, and their life takes a turn for the worst. Let me mention, that many of these people were born to low to middle class families which is why histroy is repeating itself.
wage slave by jenny29 January 16, 2010
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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