Terms of Employment

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<p>Has your doctor ever prescribed you some<b>bug-juice</b>? Or sent you to the<b>rheumaholiday</b>department?</p><p>Have you ever read an article full of<b>anecdata</b>or<b>reviewphemisms</b>?</p><p>Do you think you work in an<b>adhocracy</b>, for a<b>seagull manager</b>?</p><p>Every workplace has its own words and phrases, from the<b>Smurf juice</b>used to clean plane toilets to the<b>Peckham Rolexes</b>, worn by criminals on release from prison. For<i>Terms of Employment</i>, Charlie Croker has patrolled hospital corridors, hung out by office water-coolers and lingered in shops to listen in on the conversations that only take place at work, gathering together the jargon we all use, often without thinking.</p><p>Whether you're a<b>white wig</b>(new barrister), a<b>heatseeker</b>(ambitious employee) or an<b>entreprenerd</b>(geeky IT pioneer)<i>Terms of Employment</i>is an invaluable - and entertaining - guide.</p>

Autorenportrait

Charlie Croker is an author and journalist. His previous books include<i>The Little Book of Beckham,</i>A<i>Game of Three Halves, Lost in Translation</i>and<i>8 out of 10 Brits</i>. He has also written for<i>The Times,</i>the<i>Independent on Sunday</i>and the<i>Spectator</i>, among others.

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