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Management By Green Dot

When someone manages a work-from-home employee by checking that their status in a chat application like Slack, Microsoft Teams, etc., hasn't shifted from a green dot signifying "Present/Available" to an orange, yellow, or red dot signifying "Away", rather than by measuring things like quality and quantity of work output, whether deliverables are met in a timely fashion, customer satisfaction, etc.

With the explosion in employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020+, many managers who had been accustomed to prowling cube farms and looking over their employees' shoulders to make sure they were working, resorted to this technique.
"My manager totally does management by green dot. I got yelled at for being 'Away' on Slack yesterday morning because I had to spend half an hour on the phone with my kid's school. I'm going to have to get one of those mouse jigglers."
by ImTiredandINeedaNap October 9, 2021
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green warrant

TDO or temporary detention order. Green warrant was used in parts of the US of A for when a person, perhaps because of a psychiatric disturbance, posed a threat to oneself or others and it is an order for involuntary admission to a psychiatric institution, or as some might say, a hoo hoo hotel.
That guy needs to be green warranted. He belongs in the hoo hoo hotel.
by Sir Carlton January 15, 2024
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Green

when someone says something mean and they're messed up for saying it.
"yo jimmy you ugly and yo mamma look like a shaved sheep"

"Bruh thats "green" ass hell"
by Big THICC Daddy 69 September 21, 2018
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Green FN

green fn is a slang term used for someone good at basketball, or can be used racially towards a nigga, standing for Green Fuck Nigga.
by gigamcshigga May 21, 2024
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Green

Proper english - A color

Slang: to be fake, a bad friend, etc
alex: yo bro can i borrow your car?

james: nah i need to pick up my brother from school
alex: aight bruh keep actin green
by sidobelei December 26, 2023
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Green

She go, easy to get to. aka a hoe
Yo you tryna fuck with courtney? She green so you'll most likely get some head
by spikeyyyy123 October 19, 2017
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green

In this context, "green" refers to the color of a neighbor's grass, embodying the idiom "the grass is always at neighbor's". It symbolizes the perception that others have better circumstances or possessions, often leading to feelings of envy or dissatisfaction with one’s own situation.
Whenever I see my neighbor's lush green lawn, I can't help but feel that green envy creeping in, reminding me of the saying about the neighbors' grass.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
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