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Requests for nouns, adjectives, or phrases that answer questions of the form “What do you call a person who . . . ?” Although these are not necessarily negative, they are often used pejoratively as “words that wound” against persons or acts one disapproves of, as in “racial epithets”.
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What is the term for a person who doesn't waste time?
A real go getter - An aggressively enterprising person
On the ball - Indicating competence, alertness, or intelligence
From the Oxford Dictionary
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