Word · Managers & management
bosssplaining
noun
/bos-splay-ning/
Definition
When a manager who hasn't done ground-level work in five years confidently explains how to do your exact job, using outdated methods, incorrect jargon, and an unbearable patronizing smile.
In use
“I had to sit there for twenty minutes listening to him bosssplaining how to format a spreadsheet I built three years ago.”
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Language
- Language form
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /bos-splay-ning/
Classification
- Life domain
- Work & learning
- Topic
- Work & office
- More specifically
- Managers & management
History
- Coined by
- angelus11
- Published
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