Verboticism: Dispissal
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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Motixiety
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: moh/tuh/zahy/i/tee
Sentence: Motixiety is the chosen strategy of most toxic managers. It's easier to stay aloof from their workers by using fear for production, than actually having a conversation and getting to know their employees.
Etymology: motixiety - motivate + anxiety - negative motivating through the use of anixety
Pinkslipophobia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pink slip o fobia
Sentence: Serena suffered from pinkslipophobia,especially when the budget cuts were announced each year. So far she had dodged that bullet. She was sure it was because she refused to wear a pink slip to work...
Etymology: Pink slip (lose your job) & Phobia (fear)
Intimatedayshun
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn tim et daeeeee shun
Sentence: Her intimatedayshun caused almost immediate downsizing in the trouser department.
Etymology: intimidation, intimate day, shun
Impendency
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: im-pend-ansee
Sentence: Marsha used her voracious sexual appetite as a motivating impendancy to make her present lover think twice before jetting off to Vegas with the boys.
Etymology: impend, at hand + ency, from urgency
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
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
Appallvanize
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: ap-all-van-ize
Sentence: Marylyn appallvanized her staff on a daily basis, believing it would motivate the good and lead to the departure of the 'chaff'. However, she seemed blissfully unaware that this dangerous approach could catastrophically backfire.
Etymology: appall - frighten, dismay; galvanize - strengthen, motivate
Brokeaphobia
Created by: mikeysfbay
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My brokeaphobia keeps me from saying anything to my boss.
Etymology: Said to have been described in a 1929 edition of the Wall Street Journal
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
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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