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uptitling

uptitling noun: the practice of giving a job an impressive title to make it appear more desirable.

Noun

uptitling (uncountable)

  1. The practice of giving a job an impressive title to make it appear more desirable.
    • To summarise, E - while ignoring the initial ramble about the NHS, the Greeks and the 'uptitling' of Personnel to Human Resources - seems unduly exercised by 'the tendency to employ specialists of all kinds which can lead to line managers abdicating their responsibility' with consequent deleterious...2003, Management Services - Volume 47, page 8
    • Uptitling as a strategic device, however, is not a joke: a recent UK survey by Reed International revealed that 50 per cent of workers would register greater job satisfaction with a nicer title, even if it made no difference to their duties or salary.2007, Tony Thorne, Shoot the Puppy: A Survival Guide to the Curious Jargon of Modern Life, →ISBN
  2. The practice of giving a book a more impressive title than its content merits.
    • But instead, we discover after a few pages that we have been victimized by the common publisher's trick of “uptitling.”1963, The School Counselor - Volumes 11-13, page 252

Examples of uptitling in a sentence

  • As others have commented, uptitling is also part of a form of "credentialism" that ultimately springs from striving to produce a good CV with the disturbing side effect of inflation.2014, Roland Paulsen, Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance, →ISBN, page 82:
  • Uptitling has been seen by some as an attempt by employers to improve job satisfaction without increasing pay.2015, BUSINESS Essential, →ISBN, page 668:

Origin of uptitling

From up- + titling.

Questions about uptitling

What does uptitling mean?
Uptitling means the practice of giving a job an impressive title to make it appear more desirable.
How do you use uptitling in a sentence?
As others have commented, uptitling is also part of a form of "credentialism" that ultimately springs from striving to produce a good CV with the disturbing side effect of inflation.
What part of speech is uptitling?
Uptitling is a noun.

Words near uptitling in the dictionary

  1. uptilted
  2. uptilting
  3. uptilts
  4. uptime
  5. uptimes
  6. uptitling
  7. uptitrate
  8. uptitrated
  9. uptitrates
  10. uptitrating
  11. uptitration

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