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.

Klingon Promotion by UDTaco April 28, 2010

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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"

Millennial Promotion by Shmavery December 10, 2018

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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.

trine promotion by Nospinner November 16, 2011

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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.

Promotion Boner by Rerry Hawkinson July 1, 2009

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Ajumma

korean word for madam, older woman

Ajumma wait a moment

Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009

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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.

Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade

Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026

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floxi

Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

After we broke up, he was floxi to me.

floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009

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leafers

NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.

New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.

leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005

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Respectfully

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.

Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.

Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.

Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

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