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Nose to the Grindstone

Apply yourself conscientiously to your work or to work extremely hard
“Emily takes her bar exam next month, so she really has her nose to the grindstone.”

I've only got six weeks before my exams start so I'm trying to keep my nose to the grindstone.

put nose to the grindstone

Working hard for a long period of time.
Melvin couldn't get a date for the prom because he had to put nose to the grindstone on the shooting range to be selected in the military recruitments next year.

nose on the grindstone

To keep oneself strictly to working, and working hard.
Jim's father told him to keep his nose on the grindstone and out of trouble until he has paid off his court fees.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026

love peace and chicken grease 

"another of sayin peace out or good bye"
Talk to ya later......Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease
Word of the Day on June 24, 2026