strangercake

/ˈstreɪndʒə ˌkeɪk/nounVerified New

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The farewell cake bought for a departing colleague whom half the team cannot identify.

The strangercake is cut and eaten by people asking each other who it was for. The card is signed warmly because signing coldly is impossible. The cake is good; the colleague was apparently in accounts.

Etym. — stranger + cake — the celebration for a face nobody can place.

Rel. — desksweep · careeralgia

Novelty check: APPROVE

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