retirementglazed

/rɪˈtaɪəmənt ˈɡleɪzd/adjectiveVerified New

Also in: ruhestandsglasig (Deutsch) · jubilavidriado (Español) · retraiteglacé (Français)

Describing the faraway look of an employee whose retirement date is now close enough to see.

The retirementglazed are present, pleasant, and permanently slightly elsewhere. Their handover documents are immaculate; their interest in the new strategy is nil. The glaze is not disengagement — it is already there, in the future, waving.

Etym. — retirement + glazed — the stare fixed on a date the rest of the office cannot see.

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