this is possible but honestly in this economy it isn t very likely first of all if the position is just listed as a 13 or a 14 but with no promotion potential i e series and grade gs 13 promotion potential 13 i think any boss is going to be a little leery about bringing you in at a step 10
The definition of a chortle is a chuckle or breathy, gleeful laugh. The breathy laugh you make when someone is tickling you is an example of a chortle. To chortle is to laugh in a breathy and joyful way. When someone is tickling you and you make a snorting chuckle sound, this is an example of a time when you chortle.
late 12c., from Old French cort (11c., Modern French cour) king's court, princely residence, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors (earlier cohors) enclosed yard, and by extension (and perhaps by association with curia sovereign's assembly), those assembled in the yard; company, cohort, from com-together (see com-) + stem hort-related to hortus garden, plot of ground (see yard (n.1)).