Parkinson’s law
noun/ˈpɑːkɪnsnz lɔː/
/ˈpɑːrkɪnsnz lɔː/
[uncountable] (humorous)- the idea that work will always take as long as the time available for itCulturePeople often mention Parkinson's law when joking about bureaucracy (= a system of official rules and ways of doing things which seem too complicated). The historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) first wrote about the idea in his book about the British civil service, Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1957).Word Origin1950s: named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–93), English writer.
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