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Take an employee/coworker away from their work to attend a meeting without notice, usually by coercion and/or authority, sometimes with a promise of food (which will not materialize or fall far short of such promises), often specifically to "throw them under the bus" i.e. make the person a scapegoat.
I was just worknapped by my boss' boss for a two-hour meeting I didn't know about, but at least he said we'd have lunch. Then near the end, he said "well, food will be here in 20, we should probably switch topics to *whatever* and dismiss *names, including mine*. Thanks for your help."
worknap by mesi June 16, 2018
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Workaphobe

Fear of time clocks. See "afrophobe"
My next door neighbor Shaniqua must be a workaphobe. She just keeps punching out kids & collecting her welfare checks from her mailbox. $100 says she hasn't seen a timeclock since she worked at Mickey D's when she was in high school.
Workaphobe by Rocketboi November 4, 2009
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Workaphilic 

Having a great deal of fondness for work, but not addictive or compulsive like the workaholics. People who passionately love their work to the extent of worshiping it.
She does not have a compulsive and irresistible urge for work and is definitely not a workaholic. But, she is absolutely committed to her work, deeply loves what she does, and is an inspiration for her coworkers. I would call her a workaphilic.
Workaphilic by BabuGeorge December 19, 2017

workapreneur 

Someone with a regular job and still have a business or multiple businesses at the same time
I'm a workapreneur
workapreneur by Mr.Royal00 November 16, 2021

Workaphobia

fear of the workplace, a slackoholic
Lotsa people have Workaphobia, meaning they are afraid of work, school, or anything related. and they are proud of that. they're just too dumb to show it
Workaphobia by your best idiot April 6, 2010

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026