Verboticism: Intimitermination
DEFINITION: n. The fear that you will be outsourced, downsized, unassigned, or separated (one way or another) from your weekly paycheck. v. To use the threat of outsourcing and downsizing to manage and motivate your team.
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Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/tim/i/tur/mim/ay/shun
Sentence: The boss kept his employees working unpaid overtime with intimitermination techniques. If they didn't reach their quotas a new team would replace them.
Etymology: intimidation + intimate (hint) + termination
Points: 1127
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Comments: Intimitermination
Rutilus - 2008-05-30: 14:12:00
Good mix - like it
wordmeister - 2008-05-30: 13:54:00
Interesting and intimidating!!
mikeysfbay - 2008-05-30: 18:56:00
Having been intimitermed a coupla times myself, I couldn't help but vote for this. Good job!
Mustang - 2008-05-30: 22:19:00
I sprained my tongue and split a lip saying intimitermination but I like it anyway!