DUMBSIZE

Etymology

Verb

dumbsize (third-person singular simple present dumbsizes, present participle dumbsizing, simple past and past participle dumbsized)

(informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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