Kinkeeping (noun)
kin-keep-ing
The labour involved in maintaining and enhancing family ties, including organizing social occasions, remembering birthdays, sending gifts, etc.
First recorded in 1975–80. Formed from the words kin, “a person’s relatives,” and keeping, “maintenance.”
Example sentences
“She was sick of the emotional labour of kinkeeping not only her own family but her husband’s too!”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
