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Optimistic that the fridge contains something better than it did moments ago.
Read full entry →An expression of reluctant agreement offered after minimal actual persuasion.
Read full entry →To put an object somewhere so secure that you immediately forget where it is.
Read full entry →To delay starting an important task by scrolling mindlessly through unrelated content.
Read full entry →To unconsciously acquire an unfair share of a shared blanket while asleep.
Read full entry →Mentally and physically exhausted by having too many scheduled commitments.
Read full entry →Mentally prepared to consume food despite lacking any genuine physical hunger.
Read full entry →To delay a response deliberately in order to appear less eager or desperate.
Read full entry →The temporary inability to notice that the remote control is already in your hand.
Read full entry →The sudden nervous hesitation felt immediately before transmitting a message.
Read full entry →To answer with far less detail or emotion than originally intended.
Read full entry →Caught in an over-polite standoff about who should walk through an exit first.
Read full entry →To quickly appear productive when a manager enters the vicinity.
Read full entry →Used to introduce an additional grievance immediately after conceding a point.
Read full entry →In a manner influenced more by the forecast than by actual current conditions.
Read full entry →Used when a refusal is already weakening into possible agreement.
Read full entry →Positioned next to something only until real responsibility becomes involved.
Read full entry →Unable to retain information delivered during corporate meetings.
Read full entry →To voluntarily give someone the final piece of food despite wanting it yourself.
Read full entry →To lose focus gradually during a meeting while continuing to look attentive.
Read full entry →Confident that a chosen queue will move fastest, usually without justification.
Read full entry →In the uncertain period between intending to start a task and actually beginning it.
Read full entry →To leave home without a coat despite an obviously uncertain forecast.
Read full entry →The belief that sitting near work will somehow cause it to be completed.
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