nepotism friend
- noun
- /ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm frɛnd/
- Offensive
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enchufado
- Many employees saw her as a nepotism friend after she was promoted despite her lack of experience.
Examples
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He got the job because he's a nepotism friend of the manager.
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The team resented having a nepotism friend among them because of his special treatment.
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He was accused of being a nepotism friend when he joined the company's board of directors.
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Many people believe that nepotism friends undermine fair competition.
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After she received a promotion, many coworkers began to label her as a nepotism friend due to her close relationship with the owner.
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The project suffered because the team was forced to include a nepotism friend who lacked the necessary qualifications.
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He was always seen as a nepotism friend since he only got his internship through his father's connections.
Synonyms
A person who gets job opportunities because a family member helped them
How Privileged
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a friend who benefits from favoritism' is directly derivable from combining 'nepotism' (unfair favoritism toward family/friends) with 'friend' (a person who supports another), so the overall meaning is compositionally clear. This follows a predictable noun+noun compounding pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Nepotism friend comes from the old word nepotism, which began when powerful people gave jobs to their 'nephews' or other family members. The image is of a friend getting a job because of that family link, not because of skill, so it now means 'a person who benefits from special treatment because of family ties or a close connection'.