"OE" meaning in English

See OE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} OE (not comparable)
  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of overemployed. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: overemployed
    Sense id: en-OE-en-adj-BOXUijq7

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} OE
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Old English. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Old English Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-OE-en-name-lZ-FvxNw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 18 17 12 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (New Zealand) Initialism of Overseas Experience. Tags: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Overseas Experience
    Sense id: en-OE-en-name-hgM0tw~u Categories (other): New Zealand English
  3. (computing) Initialism of Outlook Express. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Outlook Express Categories (topical): Computing

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} OE (uncountable)
  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of overemployment. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: overemployment
    Sense id: en-OE-en-noun-VT6vh87w

Verb

Forms: OEs [present, singular, third-person], OEing [participle, present], OEed [participle, past], OEed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} OE (third-person singular simple present OEs, present participle OEing, simple past and past participle OEed)
  1. (intransitive, Internet slang) To be overemployed (working more than one job simultaneously). Tags: Internet, intransitive
    Sense id: en-OE-en-verb-INH5Tl2I

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "18 months. Most people advise to OE when you're an expert at your field. I can get J1s work out of the way with 6 hours of aggressive concentration weekly. J2 is a bit hard, new territory but I'm making it work.",
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