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Previously on "New words or old words with new meanings"
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ContractorPalimpsest - the act of a contractor being laid layer on layer as he tried to secure the restaurant bill with VAT on it after a meal...
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Obliquest - The action of encouraging a bad permie manager into a role in a different department, to avoid them creating any more damage in yours.
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Permastinge? Permaskint?Originally posted by Paddy View PostNeed a word for when contractors buy rounds of drinks and the next round is by a permie, the permie leaves the contractors out.
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That's permatitis!Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostPermicitis; that mysterious disease that strikes permies on Monday mornings or the morning of important deadlines leaving them bedridden with a note from the doctor and 100% sick pay with missed holiday compensation
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Permaggression - What contractors to to permies with too much permattitude.
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Permanagement - Urban legend, doesn't exist
Permattitude - The ability to answer all questions with "Not my responsibility"
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Need a word for when contractors buy rounds of drinks and the next round is by a permie, the permie leaves the contractors out.
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The Daily Mash presents a compelling argument for the introduction of more words for snow to be added to the English language, in exchange for some of ours for breasts.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/b...-201001062356/
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Permabent - Permie suing his/her employer for sexual discrimination
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New words or old words with new meanings
Permoaning; the action of permies standing around the coffee machine whining about ‘management never listen to us’ or ‘they should get rid of these expensive contractors’
Permafrost; the reaction of permies when you park the contractormobile outside the office
Permaskive; the inability of permies to navigate a motor vehicle through a light dusting of snow to reach the office
Permicitis; that mysterious disease that strikes permies on Monday mornings or the morning of important deadlines leaving them bedridden with a note from the doctor and 100% sick pay with missed holiday compensation
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