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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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I repeat, you're a dooced clever woman, my dear.

From The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir

Why Jack!" said the Colonel, staring, "y'are dooced impressive, one would think ya' were going out to-night on a forlorn hope.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

I’m dooced glad to hear it, Piron; for your military friend didn’t enlist my fancy at all, and I don’t believe any more of his patriot sarvice than I do in Clinker’s earthquake.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

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

"Dem'd queer thing, but I feel dooced sleepy!" yawned the Marquis.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

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