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DEFINITION: v. To propose and win approval for cost-saving reforms, which when implemented result in the immediate elimination of your job. n. An ambitious budget-slasher who accidentally cuts themselves out of a job.
Verboticisms
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Econohnomics
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ek on oh no mix
Sentence: When Mr Bill did up his new budget, he had suggested cutting 20 jobs. The numbers sang to his boss, Mr.Sluggo, and so he included Mr. Bill's job in the redundancies. Mr. Bill learned the hard way about econohnomics! Oh Nooooooooo!
Etymology: Economics (financial managment) & Oh No (exclamation of alarm or concern and signature phrase of Mr. Bill, cartoon figure on SNL)
Spitfired
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: SPIT-Fye-rd
Sentence: "If you want to hit these new cost-cutting targets," Vivian explained, "you need to get some really motivated, hard-working people on your staff. I've got this programmer, Jenny... I absolutely adore her. She is such a little spitfired, this application she's writing will save me almost as much as I'll save when I cut her salary from my budget."
Etymology: Spitfire: an energetic, enthusiastic person + Fired: terminated
Employliability
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: em/ploy/lia/bill/itee
Sentence: His grasp of downsizing used to be considered a plus for his employability...now it is an employliability.
Etymology: employ + ability + liability
Cosdefective
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Coz-dee-fect-iv
Sentence: Brian was feeling really smug about his novel cost-cutting plan for the company,until he realised he had made himself cosdefective when the boss handed him his redundency notice.
Etymology: Cost(the price necessary to achieve something)(From old French,Couster ) + defective(no longer useful or viable) = Cosdefective (Opp of Cost-effective)
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COMMENTS:
love it - galwaywegian, 2008-05-27: 09:00:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-27: 10:27:00
Very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:17:00
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Discomjobulation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dis - com - job - yew - lai - shun
Sentence: Yancey was a thoroughly devoted and ambitious young junior executive and he suffered a major bout of discomjobulation when his innovative and brilliant proposals resulted in his own termination.
Etymology: Play on the word 'discombobulation'.
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COMMENTS:
great word!! - TJayzz, 2008-05-27: 12:55:00
love saying this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-27: 10:15:00
a real word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:18:00
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Selfaxuate
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: SELF+AX+actUATE
Sentence: I had a sneeking feeling I might be cutting my own throat, and when the pat on the back turned into a handshake goodbye, I knew I had selfaxuated.
Etymology: SELF+AX+actUATE
Fiscacide
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fiskəsīd
Sentence: Sydney was brought in as a hatchet man, to ruthlessly make cuts and layoffs to get the company back to a profitable status. He personally signed every pink slip that was processed. You can imagine his surprise when he found one with his name on it. He had apparently committed fiscacide. Somehow the security guard waiting outside his door to escort him from the building didn't make him feel very secure today.
Etymology: fiscal (of or relating to financial matters) + suicide (a course of action that is disastrously damaging to oneself or one's own interests)
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COMMENTS:
another great word artr - Jabberwocky, 2009-07-08: 14:52:00
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Selfsacrifinance
Created by: Blegvadd
Pronunciation: self-sac-ri-fi-nance
Sentence: Steve selfsacrifinanced himself right into early retirement.
Etymology: Self-sacrifice + finance
Freengineer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: free en jun eer
Sentence: Mitchell worked for the railroad his whole adult life as the cabooseman on the back of the trains. He was the man everyone waved to when the train travelled over a railroad crossing and he loved the enthusiasm people showed him. What he took for admiration was merely the gladness people felt when they finally saw the end of a very, very long train. Before each run, Mitchell would walk the length of the train and note the empty or half-filled cars and think it was a waste to drag all of them around the country. He finally sent in a suggestion to his company's Employee Ideas Program outlining a proposal to cut the number of cars to lower the drag on the train, which would increase speed and reduce the costs. At the time, his company was taking a look at ways to reduce waste and improve profits, so his idea was a huge hit and he got a gold watch for his efforts. Unfortunately, Mitchell became a freengineer when the cabooses were eliminated and he found himself laid off. Boy, did he feel redumbdant!
Etymology: Free (remove or force out from a position or not be held in servitude) & Re-Engineer (to reorganize the operations of (an organization) so as to improve efficiency) & Engineer (plan and direct a complex undertaking)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-27: 10:24:00
Like your train of thought - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-27: 20:21:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2008-05-27: 10:27:00
so many good words today
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James