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Is calling a colleague dickhead really “verbal abuse”, though? I think trying to fire someone based on that rather than addressing whatever conflict or frictio
by isodev 1y ago
Is calling a colleague dickhead really “verbal abuse”, though?
I think trying to fire someone based on that rather than addressing whatever conflict or friction lead to the “name calling” is an example of bad management.
- toast0 1y agoNo, dickhead is a noun; nounal abuse is tolerated. Telling someone to fuck off could be verbal abuse, as fuck is a verb. But in this case it was not the purely figurative suggestion to fuck off was the britishism meaning to please leave with haste.
- gowld 1y ago"is" is an intransitive linking verb. Saying "You're a dickhead" is verbal abuse. Saying "Dickhead" alone is nounal abuse.
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