MICROSOFT.MICROSOFT temporary program manager John Schussler on the resentment Resentment is an emotion of anger felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done. Etymologically from "ressentir", French re-, intensive prefix, and sentir "to feel"; from the latin "sentire". The English word has become synonymous with anger and bitterness. felt by some of his company's many temporary workers, who are ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. for option grants: "I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in surprised someone hasn't gone postal. Someone will shout, `The stock hit 130!' and the [option-holders] go `Woo-hoo!' while the temps' response is `Lock and load.'" (Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 8/10/98) |
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