Definition of dumbsize

dumbsize

verb - ambitransitive

• to reduce the number of people employed in an organization or company to the point that there are no longer enough to carry out the work effectively. From "dumb" + "downsize".
  • See more words with the same meaning: corporate-speak (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: to fire, dismiss.

  Last edited on Mar 21 2011. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 03 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'corporate-speak (list of)':
going forward	Definitions include: from now, into the future.
prairie dog	Definitions include: to stick one's head up out of a cubicle to look at something.
bikeshed	Definitions include: to debate at length on an unimportant decision.
action item	Definitions include: an item on a "to do" list.
legalese	Definitions include: pejorative term for the formal language used in legal speech and legal documents.
out of the box	Definitions include: crazy, irrational.
Other terms relating to 'to fire, dismiss':
get the ax	Definitions include: to be fired.
whack	Definitions include: crazy.
get the pink slip	Definitions include: to be fired from a job.
give the axe	Definitions include: to terminate from employment.
sack	Definitions include: testicles.
*sscan	Definitions include: a despicable person.
sh*tcan	Definitions include: to throw away; discard; dispose of.
give the boot	Definitions include: to dismiss or generally get rid of someone.
can	Definitions include: bathroom.
firement	Definitions include: dismissal from a job; "firing".

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Other terms relating to 'dumb':
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
DD	Definitions include: daughter; acronym for "dear daughter".
dumb	Definitions include: very, extremely.
dumb as a box of rocks	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
dumb as a brick	Definitions include: very unintelligent.
dumb as a rock	Definitions include: very unintelligent.
dumb as dog sh*t	Definitions include: very unintelligent.
dumb-*ss	Definitions include: unintelligent person; "moron"; "idiot".
dumb box	Definitions include: an unintelligent female.
dumb brick	Definitions include: "dumb brick", i.e. very cold.
dumb bunny	Definitions include: an unintelligent person.
dumb down	Definitions include: You used big words give me the dumb down version (to simplify or made easier)
dumb dumb	Definitions include: form of address for an unintelligent person.
dumber than a bucket of hammers	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
dumber than a coal bucket	Definitions include: very quiet.
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