cabide de empregos

Portuguese
FWOTD – 5 August 2014

Etymology

Literally: coathanger of jobs.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩ.ˈpɾe.ɡus/

Noun

cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)

  1. an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
    • 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
      Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.
      For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.
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