Results for “Emotional Work”

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Emotional Labor
noun

The invisible effort of managing feelings and relationships — usually unthanked.

#gen-z#american#texting
Emotional Support
noun

Comfort someone gives you — or, jokingly, the random object you can't function without.

#gen-z#american#meme#texting
worky ticket
noun

Geordie for someone deliberately winding people up.

#geordie#newcastle#north-east#british
paperwork
noun

Your court docs — and proof you're not a nonce or a snitch.

#prison#us#snitch#convict-code
Working on the lump
phrase

Getting paid gross cash with no tax, no NI, and no employment rights.

#construction#trades#british#tax
floor work
noun

Dance routine done lying, kneeling or rolling on the stage floor.

#sex-work#strip-club#pole
floorwork
noun

The vogue element of working the floor — rolling, arching, posing low.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#voguefem
woodworking
verb

Blending into society so fully your trans status is unknown.

#trans#lgbtq#passing#stealth
work in
phrase

Sharing equipment by taking turns between sets.

#gym#fitness#etiquette#equipment
pre-workout
noun

A stimulant drink taken before training for energy.

#gym#fitness#supplements#energy
work-in set
noun

A set you do on a machine while another person rests.

#gym#fitness#etiquette
working set
noun

A hard, challenging set that counts (not a warm-up).

#gym#fitness#training#programming
post-workout
noun

Recovery supplement taken after training.

#gym#fitness#supplement#recovery
woodwork
noun

The goalposts and crossbar collectively.

#sports#goal#frame
dirty work
noun

The unglamorous defensive graft in midfield.

#sports#midfield#effort
flat worker
noun

A thief who robs apartments or dwellings.

#prison#criminal#burglary#theft
work
noun

Drugs to be sold; a supply of product.

#prison#criminal#drugs#dealing
sloughworker
noun

A thief who robs country houses.

#prison#criminal#burglary#theft
skunkworks
noun

A small autonomous team on a secret project.

#corporate#office#work#innovation
polywork
noun

Holding multiple jobs or roles across fields at once.

#corporate#office#work#multiple-jobs
work-life balance
noun

A healthy equilibrium between job demands and personal life.

#corporate#office#work#wellbeing
antiwork
noun

A movement critical of exploitative work and hustle culture.

#corporate#office#work#labor
work spouse
noun

A close, non-romantic best friend at work.

#corporate#office#work#office-culture
quiet networking
noun

Low-key relationship-building to advance without overt self-promotion.

#corporate#office#work#networking
workie ticket
noun

A troublemaker; one who pushes their luck

#british#regional#noun#behaviour
Burnout
noun

Total physical and mental exhaustion from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#mental-health#money#internet
routing
noun

Working out the fastest path through a game.

#speedrunning#strategy#planning
frame-perfect
adjective

An input that only works if you hit it on one exact frame.

#speedrun#frame#precision#technique
marquee
noun

The lit-up artwork sign crowning an arcade cabinet.

#arcade#cabinet#retro#hardware
hit different
phrase

Lands with weirdly outsized emotional or sensory impact.

#tiktok#twitter#aave#vibes
SFW
adjective

Safe for work — the wholesome inverse of NSFW.

#discord#abbreviation#content#moderation
keysmash
noun

Random rapid typing to convey emotional overload.

#tumblr#stan-twitter#reaction#gen-z
parasocial
adjective

One-sided emotional bond a fan forms with a celeb who has no idea they exist.

#stan-culture#psychology#fandom#discourse
book hangover
noun

That emotional fog after finishing a great book — can't start a new one, can't stop thinking about the last one.

#booktok#bookstagram#reading#feels
pepe
noun

Matt Furie's cartoon frog — the most-remixed reaction face on the internet, with a whole emotional vocabulary built around him.

#meme#4chan#twitch#reaction
Gone Wild 18+
proper noun

Mature content — open to view.

#reddit#nsfw#communities#internet-culture
ape
verb

Buy in fast and hard without doing the homework.

#crypto#nft#wallstreetbets#trading
sagging off
phrase

Scouse for skiving — bunking off school or work.

#scouse#liverpool#school#british
snout
noun

Prison and working-class British slang for a cigarette.

#geordie#british#smoking#slang
graft
noun

Hard work. Proper sleeves-up effort.

#geordie#north-east#british#work