the.com/power struggle
Two people agreeing on nothing except that they should be in charge.
means A prolonged contest between people or factions over who gets to hold and exercise control.
from A straightforward 20th-century compound, pairing 'power' (via Old French 'pouvoir,' ultimately from Latin 'posse,' to be able) with 'struggle' (a Middle English word for violent effort or strife, of uncertain deeper origin). No hidden story here — just two blunt words shoved together because nothing subtler would do, first catching on in political and journalistic writing to describe fights over leadership and control.
- office version
- disguised as a scheduling conflict
- family version
- starts with whose house for holidays
- resolution rate
- usually ends in exhaustion, not victory
- classic tell
- everyone suddenly cites company policy