looked up what that meant a few days ago....who else didn't have a clue
> like me? ....
Troglodytes.
Re: Gig economy
Mar 19, 2020
Last reply: 6 years ago
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Seems pretty obvious to me
Well its a term for when you work you get money, when you don't you don't, often off the books to some extent and depending on how you define it can include what we used to call 0 hours contracts and casual labour. Brian
And my Mother. But she is a bit thick.
Oh dear:
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I think it derives from "fallback" position. But you're right, it's stupid.
A bit like the word "chavs". No-one knows the origin.
backstop (n.)
1819, "something at the back as a barrier;" see back (adj.) + stop (n.). In U.S. baseball, from 1889, "fence a short distance behind the catcher;" figurative extension to "catcher on a baseball team" is from 1890. The verb is attested from 1956 in the sense of "support." Related: Backstopped; backstopping.
Bacronym.
Scientists just make it up;.)
Physicists do some research
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