Verboticism: Pinkslipophobia

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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Usurperize
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: |jʊˈzəːp| |əː| |rʌɪz|
Sentence: Jack was in constant fear of his crazy boss. "He's completely cuckoo" Jack Wood say, "Let's see him usurperize me after I change all the passwords on the mainframe". (Ed.- er mainframe?)
Etymology: Usurp and er-ize for blending raisins...like sultanas only nicer.
Bangalorn
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: BANGAlor+forLORN
Sentence: All the boss has to do is mention bringing in Offshore Resources and we are too bangalorn to do anything but suck it up.
Etymology: BANGAlor+forLORN Bangalor, India - famous for being built up from the early outsourcing trend; the "Silicon Valley of India."
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COMMENTS:
funny! - arrrteest, 2008-05-30: 22:15:00
Good one...I get bangalorn getting sales calls from the Royal Bank of Canada during my dinnertime! - Nosila, 2008-05-30: 22:57:00
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Goadriddance
Created by: focusteacher
Pronunciation: gohd rih duns
Sentence: In a tough economy, bosses can utilize goadriddance to threaten their employees to work harder.
Etymology: From goad=to provoke to stimulate some action or reaction, and riddance=the action of removing something troublesome
Dumphear
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dum feer
Sentence: I was overcome byn dumpheer when they moved the office downtown
Etymology: dump +fear
Motisway
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mow -tee-sway
Sentence: When it came to motivating the team, Gordon had to resort to motisway. So he dropped a few hints about the downsizing rumours that were going around the boardroom. After all it was up to him to meet the deadlines.
Etymology: Moti from motivate. Sway(to influence power over others) =Motisway
Managitate
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Man-aj-jit-tayte
Sentence: My manager knows how to managitate. If I don't finish the job by tomorrow, he's going to cut my pay for next month.
Etymology: Manage + agitate
Contractivate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon trak tiv ayt
Sentence: When Megan became boss, she sought to contractivate her team by threatening to out source their jobs if they failed to meet targets. But in the end, it was Megan whose leadership style got her a big promotion, to the office in India!
Etymology: Contract (to assign a job to someone outside one's own business) & Activate (make active or more active;put in motion or move to act)
Underpressurecooker
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: un/dur/pres/yur/cuk/ur
Sentence: There was an underpressurecooker attitude in the office - get cooking or get canned.
Etymology: under pressure + pressure cooker
Intimitermination
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
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COMMENTS:
Good mix - like it - Rutilus, 2008-05-30: 14:12:00
Interesting and intimidating!! - wordmeister, 2008-05-30: 13:54:00
Having been intimitermed a coupla times myself, I couldn't help but vote for this. Good job! - mikeysfbay, 2008-05-30: 18:56:00
I sprained my tongue and split a lip saying intimitermination but I like it anyway! - Mustang, 2008-05-30: 22:19:00
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Bombayboot
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bom-bey-boot
Sentence: Clyde thought he'd keep his crew in line with the threat of outsourcing. To his surprise the company gave his entire division the Bombayboot. Now if you call Clyde's old phone number it is answered by someone with a heavy Indian accent named Bradley.
Etymology: Bombay (city in India) + boot (dismiss from service, fire)
