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Encyclopedia > Jobber

A jobber may refer to:

  • A professional wrestler who frequently and deliberately loses matches: see Job (professional wrestling)
  • In sports, particularly tennis, a player who merely gets the job of winning done through unimpressive, average, and often boring performances
  • Middlemen in the fuel industry: see Jobber (fuel)
  • Any wholesale-to-retail resale business: see Jobbing house
  • A term relative to Philadelphia suburban highschool-student vernacular. Meaning attributed to a combination of derogatory terms used for young, white, middle class men between the ages of 16 and 35. Those deserving of the "jobber" title are the overly self confident, rude, loud, cleanly dressed individuals. For instances when the terms "idiot", "loser", or "retard" do not satisfy the insult needed, "jobber" may suffice.
  • A musician who joins a band with the sole purpose being to make money or play in the band as a temporary situation. A jobber has no real interest in the music and will move on when something better comes along.
  • Revolutionized in the Glengarry-Stormont counties of Eastern Ontario. "Jobber" defined and enriched the lives of many, but none more so than members of the Seaway Valley AA Rapids, Cornwall Midget A Royals, CharLan Jr. B Rebels and last but not least the Championship winning Donny O's/Dockside Big Jobbers of the Cornwall Avalanche Men's League.
  • Also made famous by Fraser Potts. Not to be confused with a b'Jobber. Usage: "Danny is a Jobber because he comes to work, does his job and leaves right when the horn blows."

A word coined by Nexfor of World of Warcraft fame referring to the packs of critters that inhabit the various raid level instances. Wrestling can be: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling Another term for grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A job is professional wrestling slang referring to a performer losing a match. ... A tennis net Tennis is a sport played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... A jobber is a person or company that purchases quantities of refined fuel from refining companies (e. ... A jobbing house (or jobbing center) is a type of wholesale mercantile business which buys goods and bulk products from importers, other wholesalers, or manufacturers, and then sells to retailers. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...


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Urban Dictionary: jobber (552 words)
It is a mark of disrespect to refer to a wrestler as a jobber, as it implies they are a failure in their career.
Former alternate terms included journeyman (because of jobbers being hired for individual matches and not having contracts with the major promotions), enhancement talent (due to their usage to enhance the stature of their opponent) and ham-n-egger (in reference to the amount of money they make buys them just enough for a Ham and Egg breakfast).
A slightly higher position is jobber to the stars, which is a wrestler who still defeats pure jobbers but who consistently loses to top-level or up-and-coming stars.
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