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To shirk one’s responsibilities. A person who is goldbricking is not doing what is expected. When goldbricking, one is wasting time.

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verb

To pass time without working or in avoiding work: bum¹ (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk. Slang diddle², goof (off). See industrious/lazy.

Anything of limited or no worth that is passed off as genuine or valuable. A goldbricker is sometimes used to refer to someone who attempts to avoid work and/or responsibilities - in other words, a "slacker." The term originates from the unscrupulous practice of coating worthless metals with gold. Today, it is most often used to describe employees who use company time to scour the internet or perform other personal tasks. 

Investopedia Says:

Goldbricking is estimated to cost companies billions of dollars a year. A 2007 survey by Salary.com revealed that about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work.

Internet use was the leading time-wasting activity in the workplace, and 34% of respondents admitted to it. Employees cited boredom, long hours, lack of challenge and inadequate pay as the reasons for why they failed to spend this time working.

The boon of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter has only contributed to employees' habits. According to the BBC, sites like Facebook could be costing U.K. firms more than £130 million a day.

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For a list of words related to goldbrick, see:

• Behavior or Personality
• Morality or Character
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - goldbrick: one who malingers or shirks duties

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - person der lusker sig fra sine pligter
v. intr. - pjække
v. tr. - snyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich drukken voor, bezwendelen, nep/namaak iets, lijntrekker

Français (French)
n. - (GB) babiole, (US) tire-au-flanc, barre d'or, (US) affaire en or
v. intr. - se soustraire à, (fig) tirer au flanc
v. tr. - escroquer, tricher

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drückeberger, etwas Unechtes
v. - sich drücken vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψευτόπραγμα, αργόσχολος
v. - λουφάρω

Italiano (Italian)
lingotto, frode, abbindolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falsificação (f), dissimulador (m)
v. - evitar (trabalho, dever, responsabilidade)

Русский (Russian)
лодырничать

Español (Spanish)
n. - ladrillo que parece hecho de oro, cosa despreciable pero aparentemente valiosa
v. intr. - escurrir el bulto, holgazanear
v. tr. - estafar, engañar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förfalskning, skolkare (sl.)
v. - förfalska, skolka (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假金砖, 赝品, 懒汉, 称病, 偷懒, 欺诈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 假金磚, 贗品, 懶漢
v. intr. - 稱病, 偷懶, 欺詐
v. tr. - 欺詐, 偷懶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가짜 금괴, 위조물, 매력 없는 여자, 근무태만의 병사, 게으름쟁이
v. intr. - 게으름 피우다, 근무를 태만하게 하다
v. tr. - 사기를 치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - にせ金塊
v. - ごまかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتهرب من خدمه او عمل ما (فعل) يتهرب من القيام بعمل ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיוף, הונאה, תחליף זול לזהב, עצלן‬
v. intr. - ‮השתמט‬
v. tr. - ‮רימה‬

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