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Definitions by AndrewMcL

To take over (a task or responsibility) from someone else.
To make a unilateral decision to assign yourself as the person to resolve an issue.
Ryan's just going to pone the JIRA ticket from Peter.
pone by AndrewMcL April 16, 2009

technopolitical 

Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives when it comes to choosing a technology to implement a solution (rather than using sound business justification in terms of return on investment or overall fit within an organization).
It's strange, but it sounds like it was a technopolitical decision for management go with PHP even though all our other systems are ColdFusion.
technopolitical by AndrewMcL December 22, 2008
To assign someone a task knowing that is fraught with risk and may implode.
To leave someone holding the bag.
It's going to fail anyway, so plone the project off to Jessica.
plone by AndrewMcL August 18, 2008