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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by isodev on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:21AM (#45128287)
Is calling a colleague dickhead really “verbal abuse”, though?

I think trying to fire someone based on that rather than addressing whatever conflict or friction lead to the “name calling” is an example of bad management.

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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by toast0 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:25AM (#45128346)
No, dickhead is a noun; nounal abuse is tolerated.

Telling someone to fuck off could be verbal abuse, as fuck is a verb. But in this case it was not the purely figurative suggestion to fuck off was the britishism meaning to please leave with haste.

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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by gowld on Thursday September 04, 2025 @12:16PM (#45128916)
"is" is an intransitive linking verb.

Saying "You're a dickhead" is verbal abuse. Saying "Dickhead" alone is nounal abuse.

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