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The compliment you give someone right before asking them to do all the work.
means A person, team, or organization with exceptional strength, energy, or ability to get things done.
from Literally a building that generates electrical power — the word moved from engineering into everyday praise in the early 1900s, once people wanted a way to say someone generates force the way a plant generates electricity. Call someone a powerhouse and you're quietly comparing them to a turbine.
- origin
- Literally meant a building housing electrical generators
- resume code
- Often means one person doing three jobs
- sports usage
- Team that wins before the game starts
- hidden cost
- Rarely described as well-rested