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Definition of jobber
jobber
noun
- a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. Derogatory.
I refuse to deal with Sean - he's a total jobber.
- See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Dec 27 2010. Submitted by Michael C. from Old Bridge Township, USA on Feb 02 1999.
- object with unspecified name.
Hand me that jobber over there.
- See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.
Last edited on Dec 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
- a middleman who buys and sells merchandise.
Citation from "A Chili Sauce to Crow About", The New York Times, John T. Edge, May 19 2009 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Nov 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 02 2010.
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| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: a person's primary skill. | |
| Definitions include: 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. | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: workers. | |
| Definitions include: a request. | |
| Definitions include: to start one's work shift. | |
| Definitions include: money used to start a business. | |
| Definitions include: a person hired for their expertise. | |
| Definitions include: busy. | |
| Definitions include: general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend. | |
| Definitions include: The Salvation Army. | |
| Definitions include: high-paying, with good benefits, etc. | |
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| Definitions include: to annoy someone. | |
| Definitions include: a stupid person; "moron"; "idiot". | |
| Definitions include: a person who follows or mimics others, without thought. | |
| Definitions include: pejorative term for a person not involved in fandom. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: a person who speaks favorably about something they have a vested interest in, while pretending to be impartial. | |
| Definitions include: a person who talks too much. | |
| Definitions include: an insult to one. | |
| Definitions include: general insult. | |
| Definitions include: go away. | |
| Definitions include: a know-it-all. | |
| Definitions include: a command, similar to "Go to hell!" (i.e. "Leave me alone!" "Go away!" etc.) | |
| Definitions include: a person who adopts an overtly friendly attitude towards those in authority in hopes of gaining a more favorable position in the workplace. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail': | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
| Definitions include: to do a poor job. | |
| Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner. | |
| Definitions include: as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: to completely fail a task. | |
| Definitions include: to make a futile attempt. | |
| Definitions include: a defeat. | |
| Definitions include: to perform terribly. | |
| Definitions include: See own. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to fail | |
| Definitions include: to experience traumatic physical contact with a stationary object. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: to fail or err due to pressure. | |
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| Definitions include: "shit". | |
| Definitions include: miscellaneous things. | |
| Definitions include: male genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten. | |
| Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one has forgotten. | |
| Definitions include: "thing". | |
| Definitions include: a trinket. | |
| Definitions include: thing. | |
| Definitions include: promotional material. | |
| Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing". | |
| Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten. | |
| Definitions include: tattoo. | |
| Definitions include: miscellaneous things, typically given away free. | |
| Definitions include: an object whose name isn't known or can't be recalled instantly. | |
| Definitions include: stuff. | |
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| Definitions include: to increase. | |
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| Definitions include: alternate spelling and pronunciation of "idiot". |
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