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    [Noun]  | "ca*reer" | \ kə-ˈrir \


    1: a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling —often used before another noun

    2: a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life

    3: speed in a course —used especially in the phrases in full career or at full career


    Origin: circa 1534 ;

     Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus car;

    [Noun]  | "career ladder" 


    1: the series of progressively higher positions that can be attained in one's working career conceived of as a ladder to be climbed toward greater responsibility and financial success


    Origin: 1835 ;

    [Noun]  | "career criminal" 


    1: a person who has committed many crimes throughout his or her life

    [Noun]  | "career move" 


    1: something done to help a person's career

    [Verb]  | "career" 


    1: to go at top speed especially in a headlong manner


    Origin: 1647 ;

    [Noun]  | "career" 


    [Verb]  | "career" 


    1: to proceed or move quickly;


      * e.g., " ... she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten "





    [Phrase]  | "in full career" 


    1: with all power or resources being used;


      * e.g., " ... The racehorse passed the champion in full career to take the lead. "



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     [ "career" ]

    1: Similar to a 'job' or 'work'... Usually means that you are stuck at the same pay level that you start with. No chance for advancement and someone else will pass you for a promotion even if they are less qualified as long as they know the right people (Or have the right parents/family members). Also usually requires a piece of paper that you spent thousands of dollars on which you will never make back. The only people that will give this a thumbs down are people that had their 'education' paid for by their rich parents... They are very defensive when it comes to the truth being spoken out loud... People screw people over to get rich, that is how it works...

      * e.g.,  ... Jack: Hey Daniel, what have you been doing with your life lately? 

     [ "career" ]

    1: verb-In professional sports, to have the best game of life statistically. It is an important term in fantasy sports, since one guy having such a game can almost singlehandedly win your fantasy game for you.

      * e.g.,  ... I was down big, but pulled off the win when Shaun Alexander careered in the Sunday night game. He had five TDs in the first half! 

     [ "career" ]

    1: Similar to job or work, Usally means that you are stuck at the same pay level that you start with. No chance for advancement and that someone else will pass you for promation even if they are less qualified. Also usally requires a peice of paper that you spent thousands of dollars on which you will never make back.

      * e.g.,  ... liberal arts career. 

     [ "career" ]

    1: What Britney Spears no longer has, after her 'performance' at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

      * e.g.,  ... Britney's performance was so awful that it will probably be career ending. 

     [ "Career" ]

    1: Something that society forces upon people, esp. nowadays. If you do not have a career, people automatically assume you are a lazy good-for-nothing bum. An unnecessary thing to have, and it's a shame that so many people spend all their lives aspiring to have a career. The concept is installed into most western children from birth, as their first twenty-odd years of their life is dedicated to "education", which generally teaches people to become "clever". Being "clever" means you will have a "good" career. The majority of humans hate their careers, and up dying miserable. But hey, at least they paid off their mortgage. Also, a pretentious way of saying "job".

      * e.g.,  ... "Careers are a twentieth century invention, and I don't want one" - Christopher McCandless: 

     [ "Career" ]

    1: ca⋅reer {kuh-reer} –noun

      * e.g.,  ... Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 


     [ "Career" ]

    2:  A long period of servitude in exchange for operating capital and the promise of financial security and much needed health care coverage on release; golden handcuffs.


     [ "Career" ]

    3:  The mistakenly desired outcome of 16+ years of education.


     [ "Career" ]

    4:  An affliction whose symptoms are loss of life & liberty, general purpose misery, and resentment towards those who are unaffected.


     [ "Career" ]

    5:  A euphemism for 'professional labour camp'; these 'camps' are required to support capitalism's unsustainable drive for never ending growth.

     [ "careered" ]

    1: reaching ones peak/pinacle of success, the best you will ever do or get

      * e.g.,  ... He totally careered it with her, she's hot" " He careered it with you, he'll never be able to get someone who is the complete package like you 

     [ "Career" ]

    1: A really long job.

      * e.g.,  ... Funny how most people who call their job a career don't stop to realize that's all a Career is - just a really long job. 

     [ "careered" ]

    1: when a person fucks up

      * e.g.,  ... Taylor you just careered that shot, what were u thinking? 

     [ "hand career" ]

    1: A hand job that goes on too long.

      * e.g.,  ... After 15 minutes, the hand job turned into a hand career. 

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