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the job's fucked/knackered 

Despite your best efforts, a task or assignment has met with total failure.
' I've tried everything, but it's not going to happen.The job's fucked/knackered'.

ghosting the job

When a large group are assigned to a big rush job, one or more quietly disappear.. only to suddenly appear for a short while, as though performing tasks involved in the project. NOT! They are slipping off to text or other private tasks of their own. They are.. 'ghosting the job'.
Boss: 'Hey you guys - have you seen Russ or Dave?' Um.. yeah, they were just here a second ago.. but I can't see them now. Oh, here they come. Boss: 'You two are screwing the pooch! Quit ghosting the job and get busy!!'
ghosting the job by Century25 October 1, 2013

blarted on the job 

When you're going down on your partner and randomly blow on his or her genitals to make a farting noise
"Lorrie why are you so pissed at Kevin?!"
"He blarted on the job last night; I couldn't even get off"
blarted on the job by Love Me Sexay! February 20, 2015

retired-on-the-job 

Employees who just manage to show up, do the bare minimum, take long lunch breaks, disappear for hours, offer little or no ideas and are the first ones out the door.
Joe just comes in to monitor emails and read the internet. Man he is retired-on-the-job.
retired-on-the-job by Super Dave77 September 19, 2013

Killing the Job 

Killing the Job is usually heard in a union shop environment when a worker is working way too fast. Working way too fast or even slightly faster than the minimum speed you can get away with takes work or paid for time away from other union members.
Union Worker 1: Holy fuck Man! You better tell Weed to slow the fuck down! Union Worker 2: You got that shit right, he's fucking killing the job!

finish the job 

the murder or death of any given person at any given time
heard charlie is given you problems, do you want me to finish the job?
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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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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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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.
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