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result of a supervisor/manager/other person in charge asking for volunteers, and then at the last minute deciding that since no one volenteered to work, that he would volenteer people to work.
monday:
boss: i need some volunteers to work this weekend

thursday: since no one volunteered to work, Joe your coming in.

Joe: Wow, i was just volentold to work :(
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When someone makes you volunteer or by nominating you to volunteer.
"I nominate Johnny to present his project."
"Johnny just go volentold!"
Volentold by McBlargHappy October 13, 2016

voluntold 

forciby volunteered. A task that was once voluntary has now been ordered to you.
"You slack ass ensigns. Since none of you are going to volunteer, consider yourselves all voluntold. See you tomorrow morning at 0600."
voluntold by Kevin Ferguson December 12, 2003
Word of the Day on April 11, 2017

voluntold 

voluntold: The exact opposite of volunteering. Always used in reference to an unpleasant task to which you have been assigned by your boss.
Example 1:

Co-worker 1: I hear you got a transfer.
Co-worker 2: Yeah. I didn't want to, but I was voluntold.

Example 2:

Co-worker 1: You want to go fishing Saturday???
Co-worker 2: I can't, I got voluntold I have to work this weekend.
voluntold by Honorarius April 17, 2006
Word of the Day on December 25, 2016

Voluntold 

To be volunteered without asking you first. Told to do something without your consent.
Colin was voluntold by Ivan to organize the potluck event.
Voluntold by yoyo-ma June 25, 2010

voluntold 

The act of "volunteering" someone for something without giving them the choice.
"How's that ergonomics training you've been in all week?"

"Pretty good, even though I was voluntold for it. I thought it was gonna be boring, but it's a lot of fun!"
voluntold by ergolady February 3, 2010

Voluntold 

Not volunteering for something but then being told by someone with a higher authority to do it.
Adult: Who would you like to volunteer paint the fence today?

*No-one answers

Adult: OK Billy your going to it.

Teenager 2: You just got voluntold.
Voluntold by Munchie170 April 3, 2010
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