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      [Phrasal verb]  | "work up to" 


      1: to reach (something, such as a rate or level) by gradually increasing in speed, intensity, etc.

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       [ "Work Up" ]

      1: Getting up and going to work in the morning, waking up doesn't happen untill around noon.

        * e.g.,  ... "I'm going to bed early tonight, I gotta work up in the morning." 

       [ "worked up" ]

      1: Anticipating the outcome to bring release of built up simmering juicy and deliciously stirring emotions;

        * e.g.,  ... "Justin was so worked up over his sisters friend he would feel sweaty and excited for her return" 


       [ "worked up" ]

      2: Waiting with excitement and Breathlessly Out of sorts;

        * e.g.,  ... "Gabe was all worked up in anticipation for the expected date with the model" 


       [ "worked up" ]

      3: Hormonly aware of titillating images;

        * e.g.,  ... "Every night before bed he would get worked up over the blonde girls picture" 


       [ "worked up" ]

      4: Anxious and anticipatory for an outcome or answer.

        * e.g.,  ... Waiting to see if she was picked to dance for the next song, Mellissa would get worked up before it even started. 


       [ "worked up" ]

      5: Excessively affected by emotion

       [ "Worked Up " ]

      1: Excessively affected by emotion

        * e.g.,  ... "Justin was so worked up over his sisters friend he would feel sweaty and excited for her return" 


       [ "Worked Up " ]

      2: Anticipating the outcome to bring release of built up simmering juicy and deliciously stirring emotions;

        * e.g.,  ... "Gabe was all worked up in anticipation for the expected date with the model" 


       [ "Worked Up " ]

      3: Waiting with excitement and Breathlessly Out of sorts;

        * e.g.,  ... "Every night before bed he would get worked up over the blonde girls picture" 


       [ "Worked Up " ]

      4: Anxious and anticipatory for an outcome or answer.

        * e.g.,  ... Waiting to see if she was picked to dance for the next song, Mellissa would get worked up before it even started. 

       [ "Working Up A Penrose" ]

      1: A cock that is semi-hard but extremely red after repeated masturbation or a marathon sex session. Resembles a Penrose brand sausage.

        * e.g.,  ... Devon watched porn all weekend long and was working up a penrose after two days of repeated wanking. 

       [ "Working it up" ]

      1: To manually arouse oneself, usually in the shower; a precurser to masturbation

        * e.g.,  ... JB: Brian, did I just walk in on you jacking off in the goddamn shower? Brian: Nah dude, you're overreacting. I was just working it up. 

       [ "work one up" ]

      1: To prepare a drug for intravenous injection addict use.

        * e.g.,  ... Do you want me to work one up for you? 

       [ "work me up" ]

      1: To fuck a girl rough and get nasty w her

        * e.g.,  ... Girl: *having medium speed sex* you can work me up if you want Guy: dafuq aight lil slut 

       [ "Don't get all worked up over things." ]

      1: It is mean without too much emotion.

        * e.g.,  ... Whether there's an external change,react accordingly.Follow your instincts as primitive animals do.Don't get all worked up over things. 

       [ "warm-up work" ]

      1: Refers to comparatively short intervals of labor that you perform in one of two situations:

        * e.g.,  ... As a physically/mentally-infirm bachelor living alone, I find that warm-up work is a real life-saver for many necessary tasks that I might otherwise find excessively discouraging or exhausting, such as hanging out clothes on the line or cleaning up around the yard. I also often Swiss-cheese the job --- working a little of the chore, then taking a break to play on the computer for a few, then going back to tackle the cranky task for a little longer, then checking out a few more humorous/cute Facebook posts, and so on. 


       [ "warm-up work" ]

      2: (1) Where you are dreading an impending "big job" that involves strenuous and/or disgusting labor, and so you perform a less-disagreeable task beforehand to sort of "break yourself in gently" so that the upcoming drudgery won't be such a traumatic shock to your mind and body.


       [ "warm-up work" ]

      3: (2) Where a necessary task is tiring, discouraging, boring, aggravating, etc., and so you would much rather play video games or surf the Web, instead of performing said menial torture. So what you do is to "compromise" --- you do indeed go ahead and push the "power" button on your computer or PlayStation, but then you go off and perform some of the disagreeable task while your entertainment-equipment is booting up; you would still have to wait those few minutes before beginning your fun with the equipment, anyway, and so it doesn't feel quite so "yucky" to hammer away at the exhausting ordeal for those same few minutes; it also makes you feel more productive during that period than just numbly twiddling your thumbs while waiting for your equipment to be ready to use.

       [ "Don’t get worked up again Plankton I just mopped the floors" ]

      1: A line said by Karen in the first Spongebob movie. Great for making fun of people who rage

        * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: AGGGHHH SHITTY TITS 

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