Linchpin (noun)
lin-ch-pin
A person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
A pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
Late Middle English from Old English lynis (in the sense ‘linchpin’) + pin.
Example sentences
“Nurses are the linchpin of the NHS.”
“Once the linchpin snapped, the wheels just fell off.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…