Q: Coiner of "power nap"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

ISTR "power lunch" and "power meeting" from no earlier than ca1984-85 in
general usage.

JL

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:30 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Don't forget "power lunch" and "power tie".
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> VS-)
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> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>  Jonathan Lighter wrote:<br>
> > > I can recall a lot of talk about
> > > "power naps" no earlier than 1986 or '87.
> > > I've always assumed "power meeting" provided the model,
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> > and sometimes they were the same.
> > Joel
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