Multishirk
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To do more than one non-work activity at once. humorous, neologism, slang
"But in reality you are doing what one Dilbert reader calls multishirking, i.e., doing two nonwork activities at once. Multishirking is not only fun; it doubles the odds that an observer will think you're doing at least one work-related activity."
Example
More examples"But in reality you are doing what one Dilbert reader calls multishirking, i.e., doing two nonwork activities at once. Multishirking is not only fun; it doubles the odds that an observer will think you're doing at least one work-related activity."
Etymology
From multi- + shirk by analogy to multitask.
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