The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'Bossy' is someone who bosses people around without reason.
But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.
I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.
We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss.
Using the word 'bossy' for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying - that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. 'He's so bossy' - you don't hear that. It's a very subtle thing.
Since I was 20 years old, I've been a kind of corporation. I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters.
I was always bossy as a kid. I made my friends do shows that I wrote and would take them on tour from house to house.
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.
I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.