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sequencing

sequencing  n.— «These days O’Connor has a new status in women’s circles. She is now the mother of “Sequencing,” a new fancy word that means delaying your career until your children are in school.» —“Feminists on O’Connor:...

purple

purple  adj.— «It must accept the idea that a cost of jointness is the assignment of personnel to action-officer status who will do “purple work” that may have no direct connection to day-to-day Coast Guard business...

gold collar

gold collar  n.— «“Gold collar” represent an estimated 39 percent of working class youth in the US and vary considerably with the key difference that they are seeking identity(2). To overcome this, they root themselves in status...

gecyberschaft

gecyberschaft  n.— «Mary Ann Allison of the Allison Group coined “gecyberschaft.” Here’s her idea: sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies described village society before the Industrial Revolution (gemeinschaft) and urban society...

heater

heater  n.— «In 1974, John Dillmann was a 27-year-old detective on the New Orleans Police Department’s homicide unit and hungry for his first “heater” case—a big publicity case that would earn him status on the force. He didn’t...

cooperatition

cooperatition  n.— «Carole Bruce, the chairwoman of the Greensboro chamber, suggested coining a new word—”cooperatition”—to describe the current status of regionalism in the Triad. “We come together to celebrate our...

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