Difference between revisions of "ghostworker"

Latest revision as of 16:04, 31 May 2023

From: English ghost and worker

Person wey de dey pay salary even dough sey e no dey show face for workplace sake of sey e fit don die, retire, or sey person chuk e name put for paper sey na di office e dey work.

For government work, many ghostworker full am o. — (In government parastatals, there are many ghost workers.)
Government dey try know people wey be ghostworker for council. — (The government is trying to carry out a verification exercise to know the number of non staff members who are being paid.)

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 ==Naija==
 ===Alternative forms===
-* Ghost worker
+* [[ghost worker]]
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowed from English ghostworker
+From: English ''ghost'' and ''worker''
 ===Pronunciation===
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 <sm2>Pcm-ng-ghostworker.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-ghostworker.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-No documented examples in our corpora.
 ===Noun===
-ghostworker: person wey no dey come work for office but e dey collect money
+* Person wey de dey pay salary even dough sey e no dey show face for workplace sake of sey e fit don die, retire, or sey person [[chuk]] e name put for paper sey na di office e dey work.
+:*{{ux|dv|For government work, many '''ghostworker''' full am o.|(In government parastatals, there are many ghost workers.)}}
+:*{{ux|dv|Government dey try know people wey be '''ghostworker''' for council.|(The government is trying to carry out a verification exercise to know the number of non staff members who are being paid.)}}
-# person wey no dey come work for office but e dey collect money
-#: {{ux|dv|For government work, many '''ghostworker''' full am o.|no translation}}
 ====Translations====
-* English: someone who appears on a company's payroll but who doesn't actually work for the company
+* English: ''ghost worker''