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- n. Alternative spelling of overachiever.
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Examples
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Never an over-achiever, he was there for a number of years so I had plenty of time to get to know him and Jughead, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge, Betty, Moose, Dilton Doily, Midge, Ethel and the rest of the gang.
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Sure, we all know her from “The Devil Wears Prada,” but much like the British ruler who reigned from 1837 to 1901, Blunt seems to be quite the over-achiever.
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The role that felt the most empowering of all was the fast paced, over-achiever.
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So we have the unloved fat boy, the disconsolate over-achiever, the poor kid pining for her mum on a spiritual trek to India and the guy with uncontrollable lusts who at one point sings "my unfortunate protuberance seems to have its own exuberance".
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And we may not want to be an over-achiever that is under-recognized or fill the gaps left behind by others.
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But of course, Michael Phelps, a notorious over-achiever, was up to the challenge and has yet again proved the skeptics wrong.
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Ashley is a self-proclaimed over-achiever from Washington D.C. who is determined to prove that she can out perform the other interns.
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First of all, I think that in some way, President Obama made a joke like that, because he knows that some people will resent him as an over-achiever and the champion.
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I definitely feel the pressure to do more things, but then again, I am somewhat an over-achiever and multi-tasker so I find ways to get some things done while nursing, just not those things I can't do while sitting!
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Well, Action Man is, but he always was an over-achiever.
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word over-achiever
Hah, pantsful indeed!
Just imagine: "Excuse me sir, would you mind very much if I observed the manner in which you wear your trousers? May I be permitted to take a few measurements?"
January 29, 2010
bilby commented on the word over-achiever
I was wondering the same thing, i.e., glad I wasn't the sap measuring a thousand blokes for this. What a pantsful!
January 29, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word over-achiever
Gosh! I wonder how she collected those measurements!
January 29, 2010
bilby commented on the word over-achiever
"A survey shows that the last time most men are able to fasten their trousers around anything resembling a natural waist is at the age of 39. After that, the only way is up, or down.
Over-achievers, as they are known in the rag trade, hoist their trousers so high by the age of 57 the waistband can be just 18 centimetres under the armpits. The under-achievers, making up about 20 per cent, plump for below, fumbling to fasten belts, buttons and zips they can no longer see."
- Caroline Davies, Trouser turn-up: level of men's waistband a clue to age, guardian.co.uk, 27 January 2010.
January 29, 2010