unprofesh

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of unprofessional; equivalent to un- +‎ profesh.

Adjective

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unprofesh (comparative more unprofesh, superlative most unprofesh)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of unprofessional.
    • 2014 December 15, Gina Vaynshteyn, “12 Things All Women Do When They're Getting Ready”, in Bustle[1], archived from the original on 22 September 2023:
      Because one must never be caught by surprise. What if your ex-best friend shows up and emotionally wrecks you for the rest of the night? Or that cute guy from work you've been crushing on but trying really hard not to make out with because that would be totally unprofesh?
    • 2016 January 13, Jeff Guo, “The totes amazesh way millennials are changing the English language”, in The Washington Post[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 January 2016:
      If you're not a millennial — and even if you are — you might think totesing is atrosh and unprofesh. But get used to it. Though no one is quite sure where it came from, this way of speaking has been around for well over a decade.
    • 2016 April 21, Seth Stevenson, “What They Teach You at Umpire School”, in Slate[3], archived from the original on 2022-11-29:
      Any action that makes an umpire look foolish, or casual, or dorky, or in any way less than 100 percent serene, is considered highly unprofesh.
    • 2020 September 9, Madeleine Frank Reeves, Alexis Bennett, quoting Madeleine Frank Reeves, “Should Leggings Just Go Ahead and Officially Become Workwear?”, in Cosmopolitan[4], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
      Because regardless of how you feel about them, someone at your job definitely thinks they're unprofesh—and that someone may be the very same someone you need to impress on the day you decide "these Lulus are totally fine with a blazer."