voluntease

A well intentioned person who repeatedly agrees to do some type of charity work, but ultimately does not follow through with the commitment, often with an excuse at the last moment.

Mary said she would help with this year's church picnic, but she's such a voluntease, so I'm not holding my breath.

by SavvyOpal February 15, 2015

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volunteered

What happens to you when your boss forces you to volunteer for something

"I hate my job. My boss totally volunteered me to do the budget"

by ScottG April 16, 2007

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Refers to either:
(1) Work performed for free because some tearful moocher came "bawling 'n' blubbering" to you with some "poor poor pitiful me" sob-story about being in an emergency with no money to pay anyone to help him get out of it, or
(2) Work performed for free that absolutely "bores you to tears".

That old miser on his fancy estate has been snookering soft-hearted dim-wits into helping him for free for years now, but I hear that a lot of them have finally gotten wise to him --- zheeeesh, how many naive-minded voluntears does he think actually exist in his local area???

by QuacksO June 11, 2018

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voluntavery

-noun

1. uncompensated labor in the guise of volunteerism

2. mandatory volunteer work required for the successful completion of certain benchmarks in post-secondary school

3. indentured servitude that graduate professional students are subject to every semester

see also: clinicals, interns

Student 1: "So, what are you doing this summer?"

Student 2: "Being peddled into voluntavery at the occupational therapy department at the Medical Center."

by L.L. Mall October 12, 2019

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