mandy
n.— «In some organisations, people refer to their annual vacation as “mandy”—short for “mandatory leave”—an interesting corporate euphemism that implies executives are so engrossed with their work, they need to be literally ordered out of office.» —“Stress-busting basics” by Kusal Roy Business Standard (India) Oct. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Enthusiastic book recommendations! Martha’s savoring the biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th-century explorer, polymath, and naturalist who revolutionized our understanding of nature and predicted the effects of human activity on...