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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 Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

It’s pathetic—that’s what my position is—it’s dooced pathetic.

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

“Yes, ’tis odd; but think it’s dooced nice of Dick to look us up as he has.

From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by George Manville Fenn

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

From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn

By Jove, that was dooced awkward of me—yes, I beg your pardon, I'm sure.

From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson

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