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The opposite of outsource; meaning this is one job you can't find someone else foolish enough to do, or you can't find someone competent enough to do it with the kind of money and credibility you have available so you're just going to have to do it yourself.
Revenues were down, investors were jittery, so the dotcom startup had to insource its janitorial services.

The profligate wife had gained a few pounds and so was compelled to insource her ways and means of satisfaction.
insource by Slick Willy December 29, 2004
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insourcing 

Insourcing is the reverse economic process of outsourcing. Insourcing is the process of bringing jobs to the shores of America, where many of those jobs were overseas, perhaps for decades. Insourcing will be widely used and heard in the near future
"Joe, it looks like the President is serious about the future of American jobs. I think they're going to be insourcing our jobs at the docks."
insourcing by photorobert47@gmail.com February 21, 2012
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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