Q: Coiner of "power nap"?

[Dan Goncharoff]

I believe "power lunch" is older, going back to the 60s in political lingo,
although Esquire made it famous in 1979. "The taste and glory of the power
lunch", Vol. 92.

There are also two different meanings of "power nap". It was seen as a tool
for executives suffering from too much work, but among students it was a
consequence of too much work, leaving one to fall asleep wherever they were
out of exhaustion.

DanG

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Q: Coiner of "power nap"?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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:
>
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       victor steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Q: Coiner of "power nap"?
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Don't forget "power lunch" and "power tie".
> >
> > VS-)
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >  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,
> >
> >
> > > and sometimes they were the same.
> > > Joel
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org