Clown Factory

a) Any government run organization; the biggest clowns usually being those in management. The higher up the ladder someone is, the greater their "Clown Factor".

b) A place where common sense is exchanged for a promotion or management training, (Also known as "Clown School")...thus creating a factory of sorts, specifically of Clowns.

C) A place where the biggest clowns (management), create a circus like environment where incompetance and stupidity reins supreme and filters down into lower management ranks. The entry level workers are left confused, as they still possess common sense, and do not speak "Clownese". The Clowns constantly try to fix that which is not broken in order to justify their jobs, thus turning a happy well-functioning work environment into shit. Anyone with a brain is laid off or fired, and the Management Clowns start creating yes-man clones of themselves in the back room, thus a "Clown Factory".

Also see "Fuckshow"

"The Government is a real Clown Factory!"

"Man, I can't wait to find another job and get out of this clown factory!"

"The management is really turning this place into a Clown Factory..."

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Clown School

a) A place where someone goes in order to become a clown.

b) Management training.

"Bonzo went to clown school so that he could be the best clown he could be."

"Phil got promoted to management, so he's in clown school until friday."

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Clown Factor

a) The degree to which someone is a clown.

b) A term that describes management. The higher up within an organization that someone is, the greater their "Clown Factor"

"Man, the CEO's Clown Factor is through the roof!"

Clownese

a) The Language of Clowns

b) A language that was concocted by management (Clowns), thus "Clownese". It is generally reserved for management and management's minions.

c) Management Speak; terms, buzz words, jargon, and lingo used by management. A language created by the Clowns within an organization, which are usually the management.

c) The incompetant non-sensical drivel that filters down from upper management; the impenetrable fog of stupidity and bullshit spewed forth by management.

d) A language that normal entry level workers with common sense cannot comprehend because they don't speak Stupid.

"The boss makes no sense. I wish I spoke Clownese."

"This whole operations and procedures manual is written in Clownese."