Voluntold Edit Meaning

1.

voluntold: The exact opposite of volunteering. Always used in reference to an unpleasant task to which you have been assigned by your boss.

Example 1:

Co-worker 1: I hear you got a transfer.

Co-worker 2: Yeah. I didn't want to, but I was voluntold.

Example 2:

Co-worker 1: You want to go fishing Saturday???

Co-worker 2: I can't, I got voluntold I have to work this weekend.

See work, boss, job, business, employment

2.

forciby volunteered. A task that was once voluntary has now been ordered to you.

"You slack ass ensigns. Since none of you are going to volunteer, consider yourselves all voluntold. See you tomorrow morning at 0600."

See Kevin Ferguson

3.

to be told that you have been volunteered for something. volunteered without your express consent or knowledge.

I was voluntold for the charity event at my fraternity house by my brother.

See volunteered, voluntary, consent

4.

When someone "volunteers" someone else for something so that the other person really doesn't have a choice.

My boss voluntold me for the United Way Campaign.

See forced, Great Dane

5.

The act of promising the services of others.

Wife to friend: I'll get hubby to come out and paint your ceiling on Saturday.

Hubby: I can't go golfing with you pal, I was voluntold to paint someone's ceiling.

See volunteer, told, marriage

6.

Voluntold is the past tense of voluntell. To "voluntell" someone to volunteer them to do something without having that subject's prior approval. The situation most frequently occurs in situations with large numbers of volunteers who don't have specific duties within the area they have volunteered. The situation also occurs in small group situations in which someone is required to volunteer for a task but nobody raises their hand. They thus become "voluntold" to do the task by the group leader.

I didn't feel like volunteering to join the cooking staff, so the director voluntold me I had to do it.

See tell, told, volunteer, job, outhouse

7.

When you refuse to volunteer and then are told to complete the task anyway. Generally used in the military by sergants.

MSgt. "Would you like to police the area for cigerette butts?"

SrA. "No Sgt. i wouldn't."

MSgt. "Well in that case consider you self voluntold."

See volunteer, slang