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单词 power lunch
释义

power lunch

English

Etymology

Coined by Lee Eisenberg in 1979, in the Esquire article “America’s Most Powerful Lunch.”[1][2][3][4]

Noun

power lunch (plural power lunches)

  1. A working lunch at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made.
    • 2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic:
      Difficult as it is to recollect today, tiki was a highbrow phenomenon: Trader Vic’s in the Washington, D.C., Hilton, for instance, became a famed venue for mid-century power lunches.
  • power coffee

References

  1. “A Wordsmith at Heart”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 6 March 2009, archived from the original on 2009-07-15
  2. Lee Eisenberg, “America’s Most Powerful Lunch.”, Esquire, October 1979; Volume 92, No. 4 (cover)
  3. Article begins: “It begins in New York every working day at 12:30 P.M. in the Bar Room of The Four Seasons. It ends with the decisions and the deals that will keep you in books, clothes, wine, and ideas for the rest of the year. Look inside and see who’s eating there and who gets the best table. Unless you're very persistent – or lucky – this is as close as you’ll get.”
  4. The Big Apple: Power Breakfast; Power Lunch, September 18, 2004; many references.
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