Get to work you skivers!

[Member 96]

One of my favorite words[^]

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"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."

[bugDanny]

In English (oops, I mean American English!): [skiver](<a href=)[^] Danny

[NormDroid]

Old skool, British Slang. Brits, prefer slacker. As in "I work with a slacker who spends half walking round the office talking bollocks". Blogless

[JWood]

Why is there no antenym given - one who works too hard, shows up at the office unexpectedly on the weekend, and is always getting tasks done before their deadlines? I hate those guys.

[Jon Newman]

Actually the word (and derivatives) 'skiving' is still used up here in Liverpool. 'Slacker' is more a southern thing.

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Jonathan Newman blog.nonny.com [^]

[NormDroid]

More localized than southern thing, as I here it a lot in Northern Manchester. Maybe thats just me. Blogless

[Jon Newman]

norm.net wrote: Manchester I'm saying nothing :-)

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Jonathan Newman blog.nonny.com [^]

[NormDroid]

Probably best ;) :) Blogless