Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutually consent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tu-al-ly -con-sent
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To force out of a job; to sack with plausible deniability.

Humorous; Transitive verb

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mutually, consent.

Example Sentences

"Jose Mourinho has finally admitted that he was sacked as Chelsea manager in 2015, not ‘mutually consented’."
"Fresh off a 6-1 gubbing by the Dutch, which itself came hot on the heels of stinking out Euro Not 2020, Turkey have responded by mutually consenting boss Senol Günes."
"Unveiled, ages faster than the baddie at the end of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', has a post-match press conference meltdown, gets mutually consented, goes on 'Stick to the Overlap', lands a gig in a more stable environment, repeat, repeat, repeat."

Etymology

From the standard statement that a player or manager has left the club "by mutual consent" after a disappointing result.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mutually consents (present, singular) mutually consenting (participle, present) mutually consented (participle, past) mutually consented (past)

Questions

What does mutually consent mean?: To force out of a job; to sack with plausible deniability.
Where does mutually consent come from?: From the standard statement that a player or manager has left the club "by mutual consent" after a disappointing result.

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