goldbricking
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldˌbrɪkɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
fingir trabajar
- They brought flowers, homemade food, and get-well cards full of jokes about pretty nurses and goldbricking.
Examples
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"My ghosties said the same thing Harvey said: 'Get off your goldbricking butt and get an honest job.'"
Fiction book (1996) -
Keep your ugly fucking goldbricking ass out of my beach community!
Fiction book (1998) -
Kick your phony goldbricking ass! Dude.
Fiction book (1998) -
" Goldbricking?
Fiction book (1991) -
The employee was reprimanded for his constant goldbricking while pretending to work on projects.
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Many workers were caught goldbricking, spending more time on their phones than on their tasks.
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The manager noticed a pattern of goldbricking among the team during the meeting preparations.
Synonyms
13
7.7
Avoiding work by wasting time on other things
4
6.5
Slow, unnecessary movement or delay that wastes time
2
5.0
Spending time doing nothing instead of working
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9.1
Pretending to be ill or injured to avoid work
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6.5
Avoiding work or responsibility
Someone acts like they cannot do a task to avoid doing it
Not doing work or tasks when you should
Not doing work someone should do at their job
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.0
How much work, goods, or services are produced for the time and effort used
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goldbricking comes from gold and brick, because a 'gold brick' was once a bar of gold or a fake bar used to trick people. That's why goldbricking means 'pretending to be busy while not working', like a shiny fake that looks valuable but does no real work.