Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parkinson's law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: parkin-son's law
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Etymology

Introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955.

Questions

What does parkinson's law mean?: The adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Where does parkinson's law come from?: Introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955.

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