short timer
Nearly finished serving
A short timer is someone approaching the end of a fixed commitment—military service, a prison sentence, or a job they're leaving.
The term implies someone mentally checked out, counting down days rather than fully engaged: He's such a short timer he's already cleaned out his desk.
Short-timer's disease describes the declining motivation that sets in when departure is imminent.
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- departureAct of going away
- rotationTurning on an axis
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- calendarDate-tracking system
wake up call · days · final days · military · tour · leaving · deployment · farewell · two weeks notice · last day · exit · checking out · temporary · replacement · contractor · seasonal · tenure · expiring
- military slangFUBAR, hoorah, devil dog, SNAFU, GI
- prison slangshank, shiv, yard, cellie, commissary
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
- MarinesUSMC, marines, Marine Corps, leathernecks, Semper Fidelis
short timerlifer
Prisoner without release
career woman · long-hauler · career soldier · careerist · veteran
short, timer, shorter, shortest, shortly, shortness, shorten, shortened, shortening