incubee

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English

Etymology

From From incub(ate) +‎ -ee.

Noun

incubee (plural incubees)

  1. (business, colloquial) Someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
    • 2002, Teresa Esser, The Venture Cafe: Secrets, Strategies, and Stories From America's High-Tech Entrepreneurs, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 53:
      But although it seems clear that everyone has an awful lot to say, none of the incubees seems to want to talk to me about their businesses. They are happy to pass out public-relations blurb sheets, which are filled with words like "content" and "information" and "people on the go."
    • 2015 May 10, “Server Space”, in Silicon Valley, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller):
      I am showing you respect by using their traditions, and traditionally, you'd give a gift on important occasions, such as the graduating of an incubee.