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dooced

British  
/ duːst /

adjective

  1. slang to be dismissed from one's employment because of what one has written on a website or blog

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dooced

C21: after the web address of the first person to experience this

Example Sentences

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So said I to Tom, “Tom, I’m in dooced good form, my boy.”

From The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir

Nature, you see—bai Jove!—and that sort of thing, for she is a dooced attractive girl.”

From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville

“These sort of things are so dooced unpleasant.”

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

"But road's dooced narrow hereabouts, yet hark—hark how the fellow rides!"

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery

"She's dooced pretty, eh?" whispered the duke to Mrs. De Peyton without taking his eyes from his young countrywoman's face.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

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