netpurgatory
/ˌnɛtˈpɜːɡətri/nounVerified NewThe prolonged limbo in which an invoice sits unpaid within its formal terms, waiting out the client's ninety days.
Work was delivered in March; payment is "on schedule" in June; the freelancer's rent is on neither schedule. Netpurgatory is not a dispute — it is the terms, working exactly as written.
Etym. — net (as in "net 90" payment terms) + purgatory: a wait that is contractual, endless, and not quite damnation.
Rel. — famefee · feastnesia
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