Definition of busy work

busy work

noun - uncountable

work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: school (related to).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 24 2011.

+	Add a definition for this slang term

Share Tweet E-mail	More info:	Interactive stats:
Share Tweet E-mail	R Related words	Usage Vulgarity SlangMap

Related words

Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
spec	Definitions include: "specification".
hired gun	Definitions include: a person hired for their expertise.
PFO	Definitions include: acronym for "patient fell over", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
yes man	Definitions include: a person who always agrees with superiors.
ask	Definitions include: a request.
casting couch	Definitions include: a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
outfit	Definitions include: an organization.
low-hanging fruit	Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions.
marketroid	Definitions include: pejorative term for a person involved in marketing.
buy-in	Definitions include: support.
TPS report	Definitions include: a fictional business report made popular by the film "Office Space" and used in the TV show "Lost."
bini	Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
rest and vest	Definitions include: at a place of employment, to do little work while waiting for one's stock options to vest.
rinky-dink	Definitions include: easy or unchallenging.
(show 75 more)
Other terms relating to 'school (related to)':
all-nighter	Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
bookish	Definitions include: studious.
play hookie	Definitions include: Skipping school, missing classes, taking as extended lunch, skipping out of work for the day/afternoon just to have fun.
frosh	Definitions include: a freshman.
stem	Definitions include: a leg.
pull an all-nighter	Definitions include: See all-nighter.
gazenta	Definitions include: "goes in to".
senioritis	Definitions include: burnout or simple laziness experienced during the final year of school before graduation.
uni	Definitions include: university.
safety school	Definitions include: a college or university applied to that is sure to accept the applicant, in case the applicant is rejected by all other schools applied to.
ditch	Definitions include: to leave behind.
skewl	Definitions include: alternate spelling of "school".
BMOC	Definitions include: acronym for "big man on campus".
beast out	Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
brainstorm	Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand.
(show 29 more)

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'busy':
get busy	Definitions include: to have sex.
Other terms relating to 'work':
*btch work**	Definitions include: menial work.
do work	Definitions include: to take a dump.
GBTW	Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
government work	Definitions include: unofficial task done in the workplace.
line of work	Definitions include: profession.
NSFW	Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for work".
NWS	Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe".
piece of work	Definitions include: a difficult person.
SFW	Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
throw a spanner into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
throw a wrench into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
tight work	Definitions include: means something is hella good.
WFH	Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home".
WFM	Definitions include: acronym for "works for me".
WIP	Definitions include: acronym for "Work In progress."
(show 17 more hide)