down size

corporate euphemism for "let's save a little money by firing half our staff and making the other suckers work twice as hard."

by fredo October 22, 2003

Knock those guys down to size

Make the aforementioned guys realize they are not as powerful, important, or impressive as they think they are, often through humiliation or a humbling experience.

Ryan: (face radiating with jealousy as he watches the Chipmunks hit on the girls) Somebody's gonna have to knock those guys down to size.
Xander: Well, that should be pretty easy. I mean, they're only eight inches tall.

-Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

by johnzilla1126 February 18, 2026

Debbie Downsize

Someone who is always talking about the potential for being laid off, and tries to get others to be worried with her. A variation on the term Debbie Downer from Saturday Night Live.

Johnny: Man JT is always talking about layoffs. It's starting to make me worry!

Sloan: I know, he is such a Debbie Downsize.

by AlastairRobertoMichaelson May 7, 2009

downsize

To reduce the size of company by firing employees, usually with the intention of compromising for something else.

The bastards fired me because they plan to downsize just to increase profits.

by The Return of Light Joker March 26, 2008

Facebook Downsize

Verb.
1) To delete (defriend) friends on your Facebook profile that you do not know or hardly know.

Because Bob only knows 200 of his 1,000 facebook friends, Bob decided to Downsize his Facebook.

John facebook downsized his profile and he now only has fifty friends compared to his original six hundred.

by Retgarr April 22, 2009

Upside-Downsized

When your life is turned upside down and crap really starts hitting the fan due to a job loss caused by downsizing or out-sourcing.

"Do you see how John has lost control and has really been"rusting his windpipe"(drinking a lot) since his life has been turned upside-downsized after losing his job?

by Maat9999 June 16, 2010

Michigan downsizer

When a woman binds a man to a bed completely nude, she excites the man to full erection of the penis. She places a blindfold over his eyes. Using her tube of red lipstick, draws concentric circles to create a target using his tip as the center. She proceeds to downsize his penis by ferociously beating the tip of his dick.

Dave: Hey Carl I forgot, how big is your penis?

Carl: Well now it is 3 inches.

Dave: What do you mean 'now?'

Carl: It used to be 6.5 inches but last night my girlfriend gave me the Michigan downsizer.

by icypoler55 October 8, 2011