3 definitions by GarethBeaumains
Corporate bulimia is when companies grow uncontrollably then inevitably layoff people when they miss their growth forecasts. They "binge" via aggressive hiring, acquisitions and mergers, only to then "purge" via planned and unplanned mass layoffs. Results in a perpetually demoralized, depressed and anxious staff of survivors who then repeat the process until eventually the company goes bankrupt or is sold for parts. Rarely a company actually survives this cycle, thereafter attempting to appear healthy to outsiders while employees continue to suffer in silence. The term is an analogy comparing the neurotic growth of companies to the devastating illness bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder. All-too-often found in vainglorious Silicon Valley growth-focused companies.
"Another ten thousand wage slave layoffs were announced today in the latest rounds of corporate bulimia."
by GarethBeaumains August 15, 2023
Dying while taking a selfie. When your vanity collides with the Darwin Awards.
Can be used literally (an actual fatality) or metaphorically (such as a career- or relationship-ending idiocy).
Can be used literally (an actual fatality) or metaphorically (such as a career- or relationship-ending idiocy).
"In recent years, more people have died of selfiecide than by shark attacks."
"So when HR found out about the pictures from the convention, he was marched out with his personal effects in a cardboard box before lunchtime. Gotta say, that was a total selfiecide, dude."
"So when HR found out about the pictures from the convention, he was marched out with his personal effects in a cardboard box before lunchtime. Gotta say, that was a total selfiecide, dude."
by GarethBeaumains May 26, 2016
An Attention Span Ponzi Scheme is a system of recruitment of people to pay attention to a topic. People recruited to the topic are then encouraged to drag in the attention spans of others.
The entire system collapses when everyone realizes that the topic is bankrupt of value to be discussed in the first place.
The entire system collapses when everyone realizes that the topic is bankrupt of value to be discussed in the first place.
Examples of Attention Span Ponzi Schemes include chain letters, time-wasting Facebook applications, and any social reference group that is based on recruiting others to participate or play for the subject to have sustained interest.
by GarethBeaumains March 12, 2009