It is said of someone that has been downsized, displaced or severed from a long time corporate career.
Most of the time this results in the loss of stability, identity, structure and community.
Most of the time this results in the loss of stability, identity, structure and community.
One morning during the summer of 2002 I was having coffee with a Director of HR. We were friends, so it was nothing out of the ordinary. Out of the blue he said to me, "We need to find you another job!" That was the beginning of the end of my decades long career with a large corporation and the beginning of a very painful journey as another corporate refugee.
by Victor Pino September 25, 2007
Get the corporate refugee mug.Those little pieces of poo that are left floating in the toilet from the previous person who failed to flush properly and ensure that the bowl was fully clear before leaving.
I went to the bathroom and the person before me left a bunch of refugees behind. How rude of them.
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by tubert January 7, 2016
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When a guy 1 is about to get with a girl, and everybody knows its gonna happen, but then random guy 2 which guy 1 doesn't even know about swoops down and snatches the girl right before anything happens. One of the worst ways to be blue balled out there.
1: Ey yo. You get with that girl yet?
2: Nah bro. I was just refugeed?
1: Nigga you playin? aw shit. thats cold.
2: Nah bro. I was just refugeed?
1: Nigga you playin? aw shit. thats cold.
by niqqaplease October 9, 2011
Get the Refugeed mug.The root of the noun refugeebee is an amalgam of refugee and GB – short for Great Britain.
A refugeebee is not simply a Briton who has gone to live abroad; the term expat or expatriate covers such people adequately.
A refugeebee is generally assumed to be a Briton who has either exiled him- or herself ex of the UK, or – in some cases – perhaps fled to other shores.
This phrase does not appear to have been used before 2004 and has, to date, been used very infrequently, with the contributor having found one reference in The Telegraph Property section of April 9, 2005.
The writer of the article was Michael White.
A refugeebee is not simply a Briton who has gone to live abroad; the term expat or expatriate covers such people adequately.
A refugeebee is generally assumed to be a Briton who has either exiled him- or herself ex of the UK, or – in some cases – perhaps fled to other shores.
This phrase does not appear to have been used before 2004 and has, to date, been used very infrequently, with the contributor having found one reference in The Telegraph Property section of April 9, 2005.
The writer of the article was Michael White.
“The refugeebees of Phuket or Provence are the same; they whine about the lack of Tetley Teabags and McVitie’s Digestive Biscuits on the supermarket shelves.”
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by Roo April 11, 2005
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by incredibleRK March 21, 2011
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"Hey did ou get enough food for you, bob and I?"
"Of course dude, I ordered our pizza refugee family style"
"Hey did ou get enough food for you, bob and I?"
"Of course dude, I ordered our pizza refugee family style"
by Kur-Kur March 3, 2008
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