cube-alabras on independence day ...

cube-alabras (mini-)batch
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discubination: ethically or legally questionable management practice. involves favoring one worker over another by granting the favored one a cubicle with a window (either real or trompe l'oeil), one that is larger than 6' x 6', or one with (gasp!) full-height walls all around.

cubarriage: marriage between cubesters (as in "If cubpid is successful and there is a cubarriage, can said cubester receive cubernity leave?").

cubernity: paid time off from work for cubester for caring for a newborn child or for an adopted child.

cuberalissimo: (i) cubester with the most years (aka seniority) in cubeopolis; (ii) cubester considered the despot head honcho (figuratively or literally); (iii) head honcho cubester in a latin american cubeoplis; (iv) self-aggrandized cubester (irrespective of seniority).

musical cubical: a change in your cubicle location when a cubester(s) quits is taken away unwillingly moves on. however, UNLIKE its sister-fun of musical chairs (e.g., where each person has relatively equal-opportunity-access at a chair), the selection process is prescriptive. the cuberalissimo (i.e., definition (i) above) has first choice, and then the succeeding cuberalissimo has second choice, and so on and so forth.

hypercubing: the practice of getting the most miles out of your cubicle imprisonment by drafting more productive cube-mates (a.k.a., "riding the coattails of others"), coasting through your own assignments, turning off your engine to drink a frappucino at inappropriate moments, and overinflating your own accomplishments.