BOHICA

Definitions

1. Bend Over, Here It Comes Again — expressing resigned anticipation of yet another management decision, organizational change, or mandated technology migration that will make everyone's life worse. Originally military, widely adopted in corporate IT.

   In plain English: A cynical expression meaning 'here we go again with another bad decision from management' — used when you see trouble coming and can't avoid it.

2. A cynicism indicator in engineering culture. Frequent BOHICA usage correlates with organizational dysfunction — when engineers expect every initiative to make things worse, the problem isn't engineer attitudes, it's leadership track record.

   Example: 'New mandatory time-tracking tool? BOHICA. That's the third productivity tool this year, and each one has made us less productive.'

   Source: cultural indicator

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