First Presenter's Advantage

The supposed grading advantage of a student that has been scheduled or volunteered to present an oral presentation first (i.e. before anyone else). This comes from the assumption that as the teacher critiques each report, he/she grades the later ones with increasing scrutiny until the last student is doomed to a mediocre grade if the report is any less than perfect (this student has the Last Presenter's Disadvantage).

Jack: "Dude, how did Gracie get a better grade than me? Her voice was like a dying cow and she completely left out Lincoln's involvement in the Civil War."

Danny: "She had the First Presenter's Advantage, man. Plus, yours kind of sucked anyway."

by Paylardo November 21, 2009

PRESENTEEISM

Going to work or school when ill.
Spreading germs through anxiety over missing work or school.

Opposite abscenteeism missing work for any or no reason.

PRESENTEEISM will likely cost US employers 18 Billion yes billion dollars this year through lowered productivty of Presenteeism workers, the spread of germ to other employees regarless of abscenteeism or presenteeism cost significant losses.

by damnriver January 30, 2007

Presenteeism

A word made up by The Disneyland Resort as a result of poor employee attendance at The Hotels of the Disneyland Resort, and the two Resort Theme Parks, as well as other Resort controlled locations. Presenteeism is defined by The DLR (Disneyland Resort) as "the act of being present." The idea is that all employees are at their work location ready to work at, or 5 minutes before their scheduled start times.

Disney makes up thier own words, like presenteeism.

by GM C December 10, 2008

sickness presenteeism

a tendency of going to the office to work despite being ill, ignoring the disease and treatment.

Sickness presenteeism is not good for your health.

by uttam maharjan May 14, 2010

presenceful

to be full of presence, to be noticeable

"Wow!! Look at him go; he's so presenceful!"

by kittykins505 June 17, 2022

presenteeism

A common behavioural pattern in dysfunctional workplaces where the employee is not evaluated by managers or peers by what they do, but rather what they don't do.

The pinnacle of rock star level employee performance in this model is sitting at a workstation for 8+ hours, frantically producing without impacting anything whatsoever.

I just had a meeting with Jill, Jane and Jack, reporting on achieving absolutely nothing,and had my socks rocked off as to their blinding knack for appearing busy without disturbing anything, presenteeism at its finest delivered by true professional experts.

by prototypist September 1, 2021

presente

Spanish for "present"; when the name of a fallen or deceased hero of the Revolución or other sacred cause is mentioned, one is supposed to shout "¡Presente!" to indicate that she or he is still present in spirit.

"Dolores Ibárruri -- ¡Presente! (Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez (Spanish: isiˈðoɾa ðoˈloɾes iˈβaruɾi ˈɣomeθ; 9 December 1895 – 12 November 1989), also known as la Pasionaria (English: "the Passionflower"), was a Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.

by StarryGordon March 3, 2023