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People who were fired on their first day at work/saw somebody get fired their first day at work: What happened that led to the firing? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At my last job some intern burst into Slack calling everyone "mald" for disagreeing with his sexist memes. That whole event was just a couple of hours.

[โ€“] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 59 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Tf is mald?

[โ€“] Primer81@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume the intern meant malding? As in, he's saying everyone was upset.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TF is "malding?"

[โ€“] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Similar to "coping" and "seething"

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm curious about the etymology. It's not in any classic lexicon.

[โ€“] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mad & balding is what I understand it to be.

[โ€“] HellAwaits@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're curious about the etymology of an urban Dictionary word?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did I stutter?

[โ€“] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Are you not?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe it's supposed to be a portmanteau of "mad" and "bald," possibly implying that we were discontent merely because of age.

[โ€“] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 year ago

The portmanteau is correct, but "malding" means that the person is balding from sheer anger.

[โ€“] undefined@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

It's a slang term used as a verb usually. To mald is to be mad. He was calling them mad.

[โ€“] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

When you are so mad you bald

[โ€“] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Mad while balding.

[โ€“] Little8Lost@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe maid? But i am not the original commentor

[โ€“] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Mad while balding.