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    [Verb]  | "down*size" | \ ˈdau̇n-ˌsīz \


    1: to reduce in size; especially : to design or produce in smaller size

    2: to fire (employees) for the purpose of downsizing a business

    3: to undergo a reduction in size


    Origin: 1975 ;

    [Verb]  | "cut down" 


    1: to strike down and kill or incapacitate

    2: knock down

    3: to remodel by removing extras or unwanted furnishings and fittings


    Origin: 1571 ;

    [Idiom]  | "down to size" 


    1: —used with cut, bring, etc., to refer to making someone realize that he or she is not as powerful and important as he or she thought

    [Verb]  | "downsize" 


    1: to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent;


      * e.g., " ... the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs "





     [ "downsize" ]

    1: To reduce the size of company by firing employees, usually with the intention of compromising for something else.

      * e.g.,  ... The bastards fired me because they plan to downsize just to increase profits. 

     [ "downsizing" ]

    1: This is corporate slang for sacking workers, used to avoid actually admitting that this is what you're doing.

      * e.g.,  ... The company is committed to a long-term project of downsizing and restructuring in response to changes in the world market. 


     [ "downsizing" ]

    2: Workers beware! They think they can stop us fighting back by using these kinds of words so we don't figure out what they're up to until it's too late.

     [ "Downsize" ]

    1: When your ex starts dating someone that is or looks much younger than you are , similar to downgrading when your ex dates someone of lesser value than you

      * e.g.,  ... "He had the nerve to downsize after breaking up with me! She looks like she's twelve and can't do a split on the dick imo" 

     [ "Downsizing" ]

    1: A discreet way of rich people saying if they keep living in their residence they will go broke.

      * e.g.,  ... “We’ve been avoiding downsizing for years, and now that the children have moved out, we should find a romantic hideaway.” 

     [ "Debbie Downsize" ]

    1: Someone who is always talking about the potential for being laid off, and tries to get others to be worried with her. A variation on the term Debbie Downer from Saturday Night Live.

      * e.g.,  ... Johnny: Man JT is always talking about layoffs. It's starting to make me worry! Sloan: I know, he is such a Debbie Downsize. 

     [ "Facebook Downsize" ]

    1: Verb.

      * e.g.,  ... Because Bob only knows 200 of his 1,000 facebook friends, Bob decided to Downsize his Facebook. 


     [ "Facebook Downsize" ]

    2: 1) To delete (defriend) friends on your Facebook profile that you do not know or hardly know.

      * e.g.,  ... John facebook downsized his profile and he now only has fifty friends compared to his original six hundred. 

     [ "Facebook Downsizing" ]

    1: Used as an alternate for defriending people off of Facebook. action verb: The act of defriending a large group of people from one's Facebook because of a number of reasons (i.e. removing an ex, people you don't talk to any more, that random from the party last night, etc). verb: to downsize one's Facebook friends

      * e.g.,  ... Tom: I decided to Facebook downsize after each school year. Jerry: Yeah, I did some Facebook downsizing after I broke up with that whore Stacy. I didn't need her sorority Facebook stalking me anymore. 

     [ "Upside-Downsized" ]

    1: When your life is turned upside down and crap really starts hitting the fan due to a job loss caused by downsizing or out-sourcing.

      * e.g.,  ... "Do you see how John has lost control and has really been"rusting his windpipe"(drinking a lot) since his life has been turned upside-downsized after losing his job? 

     [ "Michigan downsizer" ]

    1: When a woman binds a man to a bed completely nude, she excites the man to full erection of the penis. She places a blindfold over his eyes. Using her tube of red lipstick, draws concentric circles to create a target using his tip as the center. She proceeds to downsize his penis by ferociously beating the tip of his dick.

      * e.g.,  ... Dave: Hey Carl I forgot, how big is your penis? Carl: Well now it is 3 inches. Dave: What do you mean 'now?' Carl: It used to be 5 inches but last night my girlfriend gave me the Michigan downsizer. 

     [ "downsizer" ]

    1: A guy who entices a girl to go out with him using the pretense of a really cool date and once she says yes switches it out for something lame or cheap.

      * e.g.,  ... He invited me to a condo on the beach for the weekend but when I said yes he switched it to hanging out at his house and going to the lake... what a downsizer! 

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