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Catchword for “turn blue”
Catchword: turn blue
Filed under: ,
Part of speechv.
Quotation: I got caught playing the expectations game on two fronts the past week…one of them was work where I decided (some geek friends of mine will shudder) …to apply for a full time Microsoft position…since my boss wanted me to convert from a contractor…or in MSFT geek parlance…turn blue…I wonder…is that what color you take on when the oxygen gets sucked out of your body?
Author:
“yourmuze (Jeff)”
(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)
Article, document, publication, web site:
Ninja Monkeys—are meeting as we speak
Publishing location:
Seattle, Wash.
Date of publication:
Jan. 23, 2005
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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