VIRTUAL HOSTAGE
[vur-choo-uh l / hos-tij]
1. A person bound and gagged by technology, or lack thereof.
2. An employee trapped in an office space, usually a cubicle, with no way to e-mail jokes to the outside world.
(The employee most likely accepted the position without knowing that the company that blocks essential websites such as craigslist, myspace, gmail, yahoo, etc.)
[Origin: Financial Company: Oct 25, 2006; American English, Bev Reese]
1. A person bound and gagged by technology, or lack thereof.
2. An employee trapped in an office space, usually a cubicle, with no way to e-mail jokes to the outside world.
(The employee most likely accepted the position without knowing that the company that blocks essential websites such as craigslist, myspace, gmail, yahoo, etc.)
[Origin: Financial Company: Oct 25, 2006; American English, Bev Reese]