on job
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of unknown origin; popularized after being used in a 2023 episode of Love Island.[1]
Adjective[edit]
on job (comparative more on job, superlative most on job)
- (slang) Very hardworking; dedicated to the hustle.
- 2021 November 10, “(Zone 2) Snoop - No Comment [Music Video] | GRM Daily”, in Reddit[2], r/ukdrill, archived from the original on 8 November 2023:
- tru say my man got down 12 penguins in russia once during world war 4, also stole a rocketship on mars when he was eating a twix dressed as a power ranger, he also backed his ying on vladimir putin but he forgot to save the game data, my man is fully on job not even john cena wants to buck him on road
- 2022 November 9, @itsmbeloved, Twitter[3], archived from the original on 8 November 2023:
- I could actually talk about my mum all day, fr. She's too serious. The cutest babe but she's so on job, like, truest definition of a boss woman.
- 2022 December 3, @huzzyafc, Twitter[4], archived from the original on 8 November 2023:
- Messi is so on job this tournament. Bring me his World Cup
- 2023 March 1, u/3Yanko7th, “3x3 GM telling drill page to make a profile, and telling points💀”, in Reddit[5], r/ukdrill, archived from the original on 8 November 2023:
- 3x3 is a weird gang because despite what some people might think they are actually on job but they act like such weirdos online it doesn't really make sense
Derived terms[edit]
- OJ (abbreviation)
References[edit]
- ^ Anna Lewis, Jade Biggs, Lydia Venn (2023 February 3) “The official-ish Love Island dictionary: here's what all the Islanders' lingo means”, in Cosmopolitan[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-30:
- On job […] When a bombshell or Islander isn't in a solid couple, and is actively grafting on other Islanders to try and find out who they have a connection with. Usually involves talking to lots of different people in one day, or specifically focussing all of your attention onto the one person you're grafting.
Further reading[edit]
- “on job”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.