Verboticism: Bangalorn
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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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
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
Pinkslippery
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: pink slip per ee
Sentence: Snow White had a unique approach to making the Seven Dwarves work in the mines. She was Happy if they went off each morning singing their Hi-Ho song. But if they felt Sleepy or Sneezy or Dopey or Bashful and did not go to the Doc, it would make Snow White Grumpy. So she would use pinkslippery to motivate their little back sides. Let's face there isn't much work out there for whistling tiny guys, who only know how to work underground. Although it is Grimm, it obviously worked, because no movie was ever made about Snow White and the 5 or 6 Dwarves.
Etymology: Pink Slip (official notice that you have been fired from your job) & Slippery (not to be trusted;being such as to cause things to slip or slide) also Slipper (as in the magical footwear famous in fairy tales).
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Redundantsee
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re - DUN - dunt - see
Sentence: Arvin was deeply depressed, caught up in serious redundantsee and having visions of his position at the office being eliminated and finding himself looking for a new source of income.
Etymology: Blend of redundant and see. A play on redundancy, a term for 'layoff' in some places.
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COMMENTS:
Good word...Arvin was a redundunce! - Nosila, 2008-05-30: 23:02:00
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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
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
Dispissal
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dis-piss-all
Sentence: Thanks to his boss’s regular habit of dispissalling on his subordinates, Allan had about as much confidence as a wet toilet seat.
Etymology: dismiss, epistle,etc.
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COMMENTS:
interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-30: 12:41:00
Thank you Jabberwocky! - wordmeister, 2008-05-30: 13:57:00
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Strongalm
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: STRAWNG-ahm
Sentence: It was Roxie's mantra, to strongalm them "Do you know the real meaning of salary sacrifice?" She would roar. "It means when your livelihood, becomes your deadlihood, and you, your wife and kids are in the poor house. That will be my payout to you, if you don't get this job done ahead of schedule."
Etymology: Blend of Strong_ARM: to bully, standover & ALM: a back formation creating a verb from alms (s & pl noun): handout, money, goods, and other donations given to the poor and needy - in many cases through unemployment.
Dumphear
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: dum feer
Sentence: I was overcome byn dumpheer when they moved the office downtown
Etymology: dump +fear
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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