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August 21, 2014
Urban Dictionary: shiftless
Shiftless A person or action that is slow, without purpose, lurking, mal-intented or unemployed i.e with-out shifts.
Damone was at his other baby's momma's house while his mother searched endlessly for him because he was suppose to pick her up at the airport like he had promised. Man he is so damned shiftless!Urban Dictionary: shiftless
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I understand that shiftless came from the time when the shift was the basic piece of underwear. If you were shiftless, you were too damn poor to own decent underwear!
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at August 21, 2014 6:03 PM
Damone was at his other baby's momma's house while his mother searched endlessly for him because he was suppose to pick her up at the airport like he had promised. Man he is so damned shiftless!
Grammar, grammar:
"Damone be at his other baby momma's house while his mama be lookin for him cause he be suppose to pick her up at the airport like he said. Man he so damn shiftless! "
That's better.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at August 21, 2014 8:27 PM
Er, Rob, acherly that be "shiffliss".
All of a sudden a James Brown tune flew into my head: Static. Don' start none, won' be none.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 21, 2014 11:01 PM
It do at that.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at August 22, 2014 1:02 AM