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Dilbertesque 

(adj) resembling an office environment like the one depicted in Dilbert strips, used esp. of managment trends or specific situations that have been mocked in the strips
I knew it was going to be a long day when I discovered the office printer had been moved into my already-cramped cubicle. This wouldn't have been so bad, except that my coworkers seemed to think it was now my job to deliver them the documents they were sending to the printer, but when my boss asked me to bring him the printed copy of the email I had just sent to him from my desk, it was downright Dilbertesque.
Dilbertesque by BeardedFatass January 9, 2004
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dilberted 

When something happens to you in a work setting that's straight out of the comic strip "Dilbert," which is about a highly dysfunctional office environment.
- Man, Purchasing yelled at me today for using paper requisition forms and when I tried using the electronic ones, Accounting yelled at me. Then my boss yelled at me because I should have known that we've stopped using both paper and electronic requisition forms, except that Bob told me the boss said the opposite yesterday.

- Dude, you just got dilberted.
dilberted by educand March 7, 2007
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
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
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
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
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

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
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026