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"IT'S A
CALLING"
/ ɪts ə ˈkɔːlɪŋ /
noun phrase · ecclesiastical slang · circa always
1.
A rhetorical device deployed at the moment compensation is discussed.
Transforms the expectation of wages into a spiritual shortcoming on
the part of the person who expected to eat.
2.
See also: LABOR DECEPTION, WAGE SUPPRESSION, "bless your heart"
"We can't pay you — it's a calling."
[Translation: WE CHOOSE NOT TO PAY YOU.]