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Being "Onboarded" is the intransitive process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating and accelerating new team members, whether they come from outside or inside the organization. The prerequisite to successful onboarding is getting your organization aligned around the need and the role
"You've been onboarded!"
"Oh, thank you a lot!"
Onboarded by Sentrysapper October 29, 2009
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onboarding 

Adding a new resource to a project or work team and completing all internal bureaucracy that entails.
Our project team needs to complete onboarding for our new resources.
onboarding by BoomerBrown November 12, 2013
Already fitted to your computer as part of the main circuitry on the motherboard. The alternative is a separate expansion card which is attached to the motherboard via a special port.
'onboard AGP graphics', would mean it has built-in AGP graphics facilities.
onboard by Amin Anari August 24, 2005

passenger onboard 

I've got a passenger onboard who needs to leave, i.e. there's a Mersey trout in the departure lounge.
passenger onboard by Duneboy April 16, 2017

Onboarding 

The act of pissing in somebody's face whilst simultaneously fingering your own arse hole.
Hey, I'm going to Cindy's later. It'll be all netflix and chill and then I'm totally onboarding the slut!
Onboarding by Ralphpumuy April 9, 2021

Onboardening 

Onboarding.

(Only used by austrian people over 50 who do not know that "onboarding" is the proper spelling.)
Please prepare the onboardening for our new team member.
Onboardening by hugover_bra November 23, 2018

Onboarding unemployed

Onboarding unemployed: A conditional offer to work for a job but you got fired before you even started.
After doing a finger print a few days later I had to do a wellness and health exam. I ask for special testing accommodations but I didn’t get any answer. I was supposed to get a start date but didn’t receive my onboarding papers. I guess I got “onboarding unemployed.” She told me that they’re no longer hiring.
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