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Office Space'd

Verb - Passive Tense

(Note: The active tense version of this is simply Office Space)

Used when someone destroys a piece of (usually outdated) technology for reasons of utter frustrations of trying to get said piece of technology to work.

Made famous in the movie Office Space where three main characters from the movie take their printer, which would constantly display "paper jam" when none could be found, constantly roll paper back and forth between rollers, and display the infamous command PC LOAD LETTER, into an empty field and proceeded to break said printer to pieces with baseball bats.
That scanner was nothing but trouble, so I want and Office Space'd it.
Office Space'd by DarkenPsycho December 15, 2009
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Office Space Syndrome 

A condition which occurs primarily in white collar corporate environments where deserving, qualified employees are either passed over for promotion or have their employment terminated outright while their comparatively apathetic or indifferent peers achieve financial and/or occupational success.
Peter is frequently tardy or absent from work while Michael and Samir are punctual, reliable workers. Peter is promoted, but Michael and Samir are fired in order to cut costs. Peter has been the beneficiary of Office Space Syndrome while Michael and Samir were the victims of it.

Office Space Invader 

Anyone at work who has no respect for your office space, usually a co-worker, who will "invade" your cubicle or any other office space without permission to "borrow" office supplies that they themselves have run out of, or they just want to snoop and say that they're looking for something that they've lost.
Joni: Hmmm, Troy isn't in his cubicle, let me see what he's up to so I can report it and feel like i'm doing something important.

Troy: "Excuse me, can I help you?"

Joni: "Oh, Troy, I didn't see you there." "I was just looking for something"

Troy: "Well, did you find it?"

Joni: "Ummm, no, I guess it isn't here." "It must be someplace else, see you later."

Troy: "That Joni is such an office space invader!"

Pull an office space 

When a person quickly switches jobs, from a corporate environment to a construction-related job.
Chris pulled an office space when he became a contractor.
Pull an office space by Tom June 17, 2003

office space 

(v. followed by an object) To obliterate an inanimate object out of your frustration for its failure to work.
I office spaced my DVD player when it didn't work anymore.

I like to office space things when I cannot stand them anymore.
office space by Ereck Flowers April 7, 2011

office space 

(v. followed by an object) to obliterate an inanimate object of your frustration for its failure to work. Based on the film Office Space.
I office spaced my DVD player when it didn't work anymore.

I like to office space things when I cannot stand them anymore.
office space by Ereck Flowers April 7, 2011

Office Space It 

taking any electronic device that stopped working and beating the crap out of it.
we are so going to office space the shit out of that laptop. WERE GOING TO OFFICE SPACE IT!
Office Space It by Attcus July 7, 2012