New Words 15

Came across some more "new" words & phrases.

This is set #15 of these that I've posted here on MattChat.

As with previous posts, these are not necessarily "brand new"...... just new to me:  words that I've come across recently which I do not recall hearing before.

quiet quitting:

doing what you’ve signed up for in your job, but not more;  refusing to go above and beyond – working extra hours, taking on more work – without being adequately compensated for it

sinistrality:

the state or quality of having the left side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the right side or its parts or members; left-handedness

campanologist:

someone who is enthusiastic about bell-ringing

shybrid:

adjective to describe a manager who has serious reservations about his team members being on a remote/hybrid/work-from-home arrangement

spiral lock:

a particularly intricate method of letterlocking, which is the practice of securing of a letter without an envelope, by folding and cutting so that portions of the paper can be interlocked

golden blood:

the nickname for Rh-null, the world’s rarest blood type

lawn bubble (AKA grass blister):

a balloon of water that forms beneath the surface of the grass

flurona:

an informal term for a case in which a person is simultaneously infected with both the flu and the COVID-19 virus

Maybe you, too, learned a new word or two?

Grace & Peace & Love to you all -

Matt