Verboticism: Clusterduck

'Our boss said I had to attend this meeting.'

DEFINITION: v. To arrive at a meeting completely unprepared and then work diligently and obviously to distract yourself from the proceedings. n. A person who attends a meeting but does not believe that they are paid enough to actually pay attention.

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Clusterduck

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kləstərdək

Sentence: Ron is pretty good at working alone but when it comes to meetings he's a clusterduck. If he attends at all, he is about as useful as a bent paperclip.

Etymology: cluster (a group of people or similar objects positioned or occurring close together) + duck (lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen) Also a derivative of another common term that starts with cluster.

Points: 842

Comments: Clusterduck

otherguy - 2009-01-14: 08:02:00
I know that guy!

Guest - 2009-01-14: 11:13:00
I know that guy!

Nosila - 2009-01-15: 00:13:00
I think we all know that guy...