cabide de empregos

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 August 2014

Etymology

Literally: coathanger of jobs.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩ.ˈpɾe.ɡus/

Noun

cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)

1. an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
   • 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:

     Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.

     For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.