desk rage noun - definition in Business English Dictionary

desk rage

noun [U]

› WORKPLACE extreme or violent anger shown by someone in an office, especially when this is caused by worry or a difficult situation:

Put stressed workers into tiny, noisy cubicles and you have the recipe for desk rage.

(Definition of desk rage noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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