Work & online life.
The unofficial language of getting things done.
Bare Minimum Monday
Starting the workweek at a deliberate, low-pressure pace to prevent Sunday-night anxiety and mid-week burnout.
bossware
Employee-monitoring software that tracks mouse movements, keystrokes, or active status dots on remote workers’ laptops.
career cushioning
Quietly updating a resume, networking, and lining up freelance options while still employed in case of sudden layoffs.
coffee badging
Swiping into the office just long enough to grab coffee and be seen by management before heading home to finish work remotely.
emotional labor
Managing one’s own feelings and tone to keep customers, coworkers, or partners comfortable and regulated.
imposter syndrome
Persistent internal doubt that one’s achievements are undeserved and that colleagues will eventually expose one as a fraud.
loud quitting
Openly voicing dissatisfaction with company leadership or resigning publicly on social platforms rather than leaving quietly.
mouse jiggler
A tiny hardware plug or script that moves a cursor slightly so a remote worker’s chat status stays green while away.
quiet cutting
Reassigning employees to lower-status roles or Eliminating their projects so they resign voluntarily without severance.
quiet firing
quiet firing: act of neglect that pushes employees to quit.
quiet quitting
Performing the exact duties specified in one’s job description during paid hours while declining unpaid overtime or hustle culture.
rage applying
Sending out dozens of job applications in a single burst of frustration after being passed over or micromanaged at work.
resenteeism
Staying in an unsatisfying job out of financial necessity while feeling openly bitter and disengaged every day.
task masking
Typing loudly, carrying a laptop briskly, or keeping spreadsheets open to look intensely busy in an open-plan office.
voluntold
Being assigned an extra task or committee under the polite illusion that you volunteered for it voluntarily.
weaponized incompetence
Pretending to be bad at a household or workplace task so that someone else gets frustrated and takes over the responsibility.