Origin Dictionary
The language of financial transition.
The Dictionary is the public language and distribution layer of Origin Protocol. Each definition turns the underlying grammar into a discrete, searchable and distributable entry point — designed to travel across platforms and lead audiences into the wider body of work.
Sandwich Generation
The sandwich generation refers to adults supporting younger and older generations at the same time, through money, care, time or a combination.
Second Shift
The second shift is the unpaid household and caregiving work people perform in addition to their paid employment.
Snob Effect
The snob effect occurs when a product becomes less desirable to a consumer because more other people own or use it.
Social Climbing
Social climbing is seeking higher social status through association with people considered more prestigious or influential.
Status Anxiety
Status anxiety is worry about your social standing and how others judge your success or importance.
Stay-at-Home Mom
A stay-at-home mom is a mother whose primary work is unpaid care of children and household responsibilities rather than paid employment outside that role.
Trust Fund
A trust fund consists of assets held and managed by trustees for beneficiaries under a trust arrangement and the law that applies to it.
Veblen Goods
Veblen goods are goods for which a higher price can increase demand because the price itself helps confer status.
Weaponized Incompetence
Weaponized incompetence is using claimed or exaggerated inability to shift an unwanted responsibility onto someone else.