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Re:I don't want to work for a big company by michaelochurch on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @12:02PM (#5558908)
I didn't know that it was a term of abuse. I won't use it, then.

I guess we need another emasculating/biting term for male managerial favorites. "Protege, in the Ancient Greek sense of the word" is a lot of words, but it's the best alternative I can come up with.

Re:I don't want to work for a big company by JonnieCache on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @12:08PM (#5558941)
Perhaps a re-contextualisation of the phrase "Teacher's Pet" could be sufficiently infantilising?
Re:I don't want to work for a big company by michaelochurch on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @12:19PM (#5559017)
Desk ornament.