What is the term?

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  1. Neiri

    Neiri Well-Known Member

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    What is the term or word that you made someone you hate get promoted to a better location or position just to get rid of them? One scenario is you hate your coworker and there is a better position opened up far away where you have no interest in.
     
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    IAmViruz FGO Degen

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    An exile which disguised as a promotion? I don't know whether that specific word exists.
     
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    exile or promotion is the term....and there isn't a specific term for that...
     
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    getting rid of annoyances :blobsmilehappyeyes:
     
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    While there is no exact word, there can be phrases which can be cleverly used to mean the same. Like silver lining or blessing in disguise.
     
  6. Capsize

    Capsize Would you like to be isekai’d? ψ(`∇´)ψ

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    Conned is the word that comes to my mind though could be inaccurate or incorrect. :hmm:
     
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  7. tirirism

    tirirism He who dealt it

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    There's a word in my language but I don't think there's a specific English word. There could be a German word for it too, what with their tendency to smash multiple words together and call it a new word.
     
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    I don't know if there's a specific term for this concept in English. I usually see it expressed as "promoting someone to a position where they can't do any harm".
     
  10. Irie

    Irie Internet Bystander

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    A scheme?
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    It is called "divorce" if the co-worker is your mother-in-law.
     
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    A cunning plan.:ROFLMAO:

     
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    Abandonment play, of course! We know you love him, but he's been annoying, so you throw him away so that he will cool his head! And he will love it because he's a masochist.
     
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