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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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Well, yes, I know it's hard—it's dooced almighty hard; and it looks like there was a big mistake somewheres, but it's no business of mine to say so.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

Did mortal eyes ever see so much dooced loveliness and beauty begad?

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery

You mean to say that I am a brick--aw--good, dooced good; I must tell that at the club--dooced clevah; couldn't do much bettah meself, doncherknow?

From Brave Tom The Battle That Won by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

"Now I call Dovercourt a dooced nice little place," said Mr. Parker, as he helped her to the "bit of fish," which he told her he had brought down with him from London.

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony

“These sort of things are so dooced unpleasant.”

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

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