# A phrase for being a slacker at work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584 "2012-03-02T21:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/21 "2012-03-06T20:25:28Z")
In _Dilbert_, he’s called Wally. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/22 "2012-03-06T20:45:45Z")
Around here (a military office), I hear the acronym **FIGMO** a lot. “Fuck It, Got My Orders” ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/23 "2012-03-06T21:14:31Z")
“treading water” ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/24 "2012-03-06T21:39:03Z")
RIP, as we say in the government. Retired In Place. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/25 "2012-03-06T22:47:57Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > goldbricking? I thought goldbricking had the connotation of milking an injury or illness to work as little as possible, rather than the no-longer-give-a-fuck attitude of the OP’s boss. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/26 "2012-03-07T00:56:06Z")
I keep checking back to see _ **Monkey Saber** _’s reaction, but I guess the monkey’s just phoning it in… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/27 "2012-03-07T01:33:22Z")
Middle management. 😉 Passive-Aggressive? Sour Grapes? Half-Assed / Half-Hearted? Shirking their responsibilities? Indolence? Not pulling their weight? Slackitivity? Senioritis? Fucking the dog? Screwing the pooch? Throwing you under the bus? Flying by the seat of their pants? Finger up their ass? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/28 "2012-03-07T01:37:23Z")
“What are they going to do, fire me” was my favorite phrase the last 3 weeks of my old job before I started the new one. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/29 "2012-03-07T01:41:38Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > I want to be a sinecure when I grow up. Get a relative or close friend who has a lot of hiring decisions. I have heard several stories of people hiring family members and friends as ‘consultants’ to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/30 "2012-03-07T01:54:30Z")
Another military term probably not applicable here: REMF (rear echelon mother fucker) ---
**Author:** ![highrollinwooded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@highrollinwooded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highrollinwooded)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/31 "2012-03-07T09:47:25Z")
At our company we refer to people like this as LB=Lazy Bitch!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/32 "2012-03-07T12:38:14Z")
The corporate-speak term I’ve heard is “disengaged”, but that can apply at any time, not just prior to a transition. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/33 "2012-03-07T13:04:28Z")
First thing I thought of was “shagging the boss” who, in OP situation, has presumably now left the company. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/34 "2012-03-07T13:16:17Z")
To the OP: Well, is any of these the term you had in mind? Enquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/35 "2012-03-07T18:22:20Z")
work + slacker = whacker ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/36 "2012-03-07T18:29:03Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Another military term probably not applicable here: > REMF (rear echelon mother fucker) I think that’s more of a term for a type of non-combat job and the people who do them. Not a judgement on how well they do it. ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/37 "2012-03-08T02:50:21Z")
I propose “shredder guy” in honor of lazy gov’t workers everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584/38 "2012-03-08T02:54:07Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Lame duck? That was what I was going to say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phrase-for-being-a-slacker-at-work/614584.md?page=1)