kitchen-sinkingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From kitchen sink (noun) +‎ -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the acts of doing things), referring to terms like everything but the kitchen sink and throw the kitchen sink at. The term is attested earlier than kitchen sink (verb).

名詞

kitchen-sinking (plural kitchen-sinkings)

1. The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
2. (business) The act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.

別の表記

• kitchen sinking

派生語

• kitchen sink (verb, back-formation)

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