1. A popular scam that peaked in the mid-to-late 90s. The fundamental premise was that having a web page magically made money appear out of thin air.
2. A derisive term for a place of business.
2. A derisive term for a place of business.
1. I don't need to have a product to make money, I run a dot commerce business!
2. He says he was a CEO? Yeah, sure, of a dot commerce company.
2. He says he was a CEO? Yeah, sure, of a dot commerce company.
by GrouchySmurf July 10, 2003

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.
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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by meno June 23, 2022

cant wait, my ol dot is cookin a roast tonight yum yum.
hey paul you coming out tonight?
na me ol dot said ive got to stay in :(
nice weed buh yeah me ol dot got it for me
hey paul you coming out tonight?
na me ol dot said ive got to stay in :(
nice weed buh yeah me ol dot got it for me
by dave davids February 5, 2010

To shoot the dots off his dice or her/their/x dice: A phrase to describe a crazy relative in a dialogue by Rita Mae Brown.
by StEvUgnIn December 30, 2023
