out-of-office
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An email auto-reply informing people that the person they are trying to contact is not working and unavailable for an extended period of time.
Example Sentences
- "There are poetic out-of-offices and humorous (or supposedly humorous) out-of-offices. There are out-of-offices that boast or complain about the person’s likely whereabouts (Bali! Jury duty.)."
- "That doesn’t happen in even the most enlightened workplaces, but nothing makes me feel more patriotic than emailing a French company in summer, getting an out-of-office that sends me to someone else, that person also being en vacances and suggesting a third, whose out-of-office directs me back to the first person."
- "For many of us, turning on an out-of-office is one of the last things to do before going on holiday. It is typically a concise message outlining that you’re on annual leave and who to contact in your absence. But for some gen Z workers, an OOO is becoming another way to add a bit of pizzazz to work culture; a way to showcase their personality, as well as their approach to the office."
Etymology
From out of office.