A tanker is someone who takes hits — literal or metaphorical — and keeps moving. In gaming circles, the tanker is the teammate who absorbs enemy focus so others can thrive. In broader slang, calling someone a tanker is acknowledging their capacity to endure: a friend who processes everyone else's drama without cracking, a coworker who takes on impossible projects and somehow delivers. There's genuine respect baked into the word. Tankers aren't glamorous. They don't get the highlight reel. They get the quiet acknowledgment of people who understand what it costs.
She handled three client meltdowns back-to-back without even raising her voice — a real tanker, that woman.
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