Verboticism: Sackonomise
DEFINITION: v. To propose and win approval for cost-saving reforms, which when implemented result in the immediate elimination of your job. n. An ambitious budget-slasher who accidentally cuts themselves out of a job.
Sackonomise
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: sak-on-oh-mize
Sentence: Dan's far reaching cost cutting exercise had implications far closer to home than he had anticipated. Management had decided that the need for the company to sackonomise included his job too.
Etymology: sack - dismissal, redundancy; economise - make savings, reduce costs
Points: 1043