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badgebound

/ˈbædʒˌbaʊnd/adjectiveVerified New

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Also in: ausweisgebunden (Deutsch) · tarjetaado (Español) · attachbadge (Français)

Describing a work arrangement whose rules are enforced entirely by badge-swipe data rather than trust.

The badgebound employee is measured in swipes, not outcomes: hours present, days counted, patterns flagged. The badge logs a shadow self that attends, leaves, and exists in hourly intervals. Working well is irrelevant; being swiped is everything.

Etym. — badge + bound — tied to the building by the swipe record.

Rel. — badgetithe · partialbadge

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Coined by an anonymous contributor · AI-assisted · first submitted 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14

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