CNN.com - Merriam-Webster: 'McJob' is here to stay - Nov. 11, 2003

John Fitzpatrick grendel.jjf at VERIZON.NET
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>From a post by Geoff Nathan:
<<CNN.com will expire this article on 12/11/2003>>
I haven't encountered this usage since ca. 1990, when a product planner at IBM told a staff meeting "We have expired the timeframe for solutioning that issue".  ("Issue" is biztalk for problem.)
Seán Fitzpatrick

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