askcreep
/ˈɑːskˌkriːp/nounVerified NewThe accretion by which a single small favor becomes, without any single enlarging step, a standing duty.
"Could you just keep an eye on the inbox" matures over months into ownership of the inbox, the rota, and the rota's holidays. Askcreep is scope creep's domestic cousin: no one negotiated it, so no one can point to the clause that binds.
Etym. — ask + creep, on the "-creep" pattern of quiet expansion.
Rel. — dovetailduty
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