Klingon Promotion

Advancing your career by exploiting or causing the death or misfortune of your superior.

Imputes a certain level of ruthlessness both to the individual and to the culture of the workplace.

Mason takes his boss skydiving looking for a klingon promotion.

IT caught Chris surfing porn in the office and August got a klingon promotion.

by UDTaco April 28, 2010

Millennial Promotion

When you get more responsibility at work but no raise.

Person 1- "Oh wow Daves the supervisor now"

Person 2- "Yeah but he still makes the same as us"

Person 1- " Ha, looks like he got a millennial promotion"

by Shmavery December 10, 2018

trine promotion

trine promotion - when someone is fired, or reassigned, but it is spun as a promotion to anyone outside the organization.

Jon was given a trine promotion from director of maintainance to grounds superintendent.

After a few losing seasons, Bob was trine promoted to assistant athletic director.

by Nospinner November 16, 2011

Promotion Boner

The pyschological attitude when one is in the position to be promoted over equally qualified peers. Symptoms include Premature respnosibilities and unwarranted aurhortive attitude.

Wow Jen, have you noticed Barry has had a promotion boner since Brian quit?

Jerry can't fit under the desk with his promotion boner.

Matt just announced his two weeks. You should probably shield your promotion boner.

by Rerry Hawkinson July 1, 2009

Mexican Promotion

An increase in responsibility or workload without an increase in pay.

I was excited when the boss promoted me to busboy, but when I discovered I would still make $9.92 an hour, I realized it was a mexican promotion."

by pandaKrusher November 12, 2010

promotion

An increase in pay, title, and responsibility for an employee within a company that should be based on his hard work - but occasionally is based on nepotism, office politics, or sycophantic behavior while on the job.

No one seemed surprised by Joey's promotion at work, as he is the boss' son.

by Loxi July 22, 2009

promoser

n.; portmanteau of "promoter poser"; one whose chief technique for attracting members of the opposite sex (or the same sex, for homosexuals) is to pretend to be nontrivially connected to the venue in which he/she is presently in; other popular pretends are owners, owners' relatives, managers, public relations, vice presidents, disc jokeys, and photographers; may be pronounced as either rhyming with "poser" or "loser"; c.p. promoter

John: ladies, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I just want to say how beautiful you are all looking and how honored we are to have you frequent our humble establishment
Allison: aw, you're so sweet. can I have your number so I can call you?
Arianna: don't bother, he's just a promoser, I saw him paying at the door

Owner: alright i dont want to see no fights tonight...
Security: yes sir
Owner: ...no vomiting...
Security: yes sir
Owner: ...no people sneaking into VIP, people not paying cover...
Security: yes sir
Owner: ...no fat bitches, ugly bitches, bitches who have wrinkles on their faces...
Security: yes sir
Owner: ...no hooking up on my dance floor, eating girls out on my bartop, bodily fluids on my couches...
Security: yes sir
Owner: ...or drunk people pissing in my drinks. but LEAST OF ALL, I don't want to see no promosers up in my joint
Security: yes sir, if we find we shall exterminate

by language_sentinel August 25, 2005