Wage Enshittification

A specific form of wage deterioration where compensation not only fails to keep pace with costs but actively degrades in quality, reliability, and purchasing power over time. Drawing on the broader concept of enshittification (the tendency of platforms and systems to become progressively worse for users once they're locked in), Wage Enshittification describes how employers gradually erode compensation while workers remain trapped by lack of alternatives. Benefits are cut, hours are reduced, base pay is frozen while inflation rises, overtime is eliminated, bonuses become impossible targets—each change small enough to not trigger resistance, cumulative enough to produce steady immiseration. The wage doesn't just stay low; it actively rots.

Wage Enshittification Example: "When she started, the job paid enough to live. Five years later, with 'cost-saving adjustments,' benefit cuts, and inflation, she made less in real terms than at the beginning—not stagnation, but Wage Enshittification, the active decay of compensation."

Wage Enshittification by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

jerb 

well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!

Them future folk took ouare jerbs!

jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005

Cheeks 

An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)

"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."

Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility

I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.

sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".

A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.

Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.

"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."

Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

schmegegge 

Yiddish slang word meaning bullshit, baloney, hogwash, nonsense, crock of shit or hot air.

I don't buy the schmegegge about Morty sleeping with Moira.
His version of the story was pure schmegegge.
The whole schmegegge was made up to get Liz a little bit of attention.

schmegegge by budsbabe February 1, 2008